auxiliary
IPA: ɑgzˈɪɫjɝi
noun
- A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
- (grammar) An auxiliary verb.
- A marching band colorguard.
adjective
- Helping; giving assistance or support.
- Supplementary or subsidiary.
- Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
- (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
- (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
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Examples of "auxiliary" in Sentences
- The auxiliary support pole is extensible.
- Nagpur is the auxiliary capital of the state.
- The yacht was an auxiliary of the coast guard.
- He spent time as the treasurer of the Auxiliary.
- Auxiliary functions from the pigeonhole principle.
- The auxiliary network stations synchronize to the SFRB.
- These were all in the auxiliary, not the legionary corps.
- He is the former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Scranton.
- He is the Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Headquarters: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with main auxiliary clubhouses in Dallas and Houston.
- Those tasks are sometimes done by Healthcare Assistants (old name auxiliary nurses) and/or cleaners.
- Though the terms auxiliary, suffragan, and coadjutor are used indiscriminately, yet there is a difference.
- They declared their inclusion, besides men, and not just in auxiliary services but armed at the front line.
- The yellow birds/prediction analogy holds until ID can build a coherent theoretical framework that is grounded in auxiliary assumptions.
- Because certain auxiliary equipment is lacking, the model owned by the DPRK is considered by experts to be incapable of achieving the level of quality seen on supernotes.
- I'm more interested, as Gregory is, to see if IDists can ground their "not junk!" prediction in auxiliary assumptions (the ToE has common descent) that make the prediction worth a damn.
- [Page 77] collecting and arranging for the display of an exhibit which shall show to the best advantage, the material resources and varied fields of labor of the women of all nations, to the auxiliary is confided the important task of calling together a series of congresses during 1893, which shall not only demonstrate what woman has done in the lines of mental and spiritual work, and in the sunny field of letters, but the public discussion of practical subjects by trained thinkers will uplift the masses and open the way to a better understanding of many facts needful to the housekeeper, the educator and the philanthropist.