NOUN | communication | auxiliary verb | a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with |
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Meaning | A verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with. | |
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Narrower | modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal | An auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality |
Broader | verb | The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence |
Spanish | verbo auxiliar | |
Catalan | verb auxiliar |
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