auxiliar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accessory noun An additional item that complements or completes something, especially an outfit.
- ancillary adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
- auxiliary adjective Providing extra help or support to something else, rather than being the main part.
Senses
auxiliar is used for these senses in English:
- accessory Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. [from 1550s]
- ancillary Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
- ancillary Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
- ancillary (archaic) An auxiliary.
- auxiliary Supplementary or subsidiary.
- auxiliary A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- auxiliary verb (grammar) A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
accessory — full definition
- noun An additional item that complements or completes something, especially an outfit.
- noun A person who helps someone commit a crime without directly carrying it out.
- adj Supplementary or secondary rather than essential.
ancillary — full definition
- adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
- noun A person or thing that provides support to a main activity, such as a support worker in a hospital or school.