1. providing supplementary or additional help and support

1. a person who helps or supports others, especially in a subordinate capacity
2. a verb that is used with another verb to form tenses, moods, or voices
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The hospital relies on auxiliary staff to support the nurses.
• She works as an auxiliary police officer on weekends.
• The auxiliary power generator kicked in during the blackout.
• The school’s auxiliary gym is used for smaller events.
• In the sentence ‘I have eaten,’ ‘have’ is an auxiliary verb.
• The auxiliary helped organize the charity fundraiser.
• Auxiliary equipment was brought in to handle the emergency.