- helping verb
- noun Date: 1711 an auxiliary verb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
helping verb
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helping verb — helping verb, = auxiliary verb. (Cf. ↑auxiliary verb) * * * noun, pl ⋯ verbs [count] grammar : ↑auxiliary verb … Useful english dictionary
helping verb — n. AUXILIARY VERB * * * … Universalium
helping verb — n. AUXILIARY VERB … English World dictionary
helping verb — noun An auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause … Wiktionary
helping verb — help′ing verb n. cvb gram. auxiliary verb • Etymology: 1815–25 … From formal English to slang
helping verb. — See auxiliary verb. [1815 25] * * * … Universalium
helping verb. — See auxiliary verb. [1815 25] … Useful english dictionary
verb — erbs can be defined generally (if a bit loosely) as words that have tense and that denote what someone or something is or does. Verbs that have an object are called transitive verbs that is, the verb transmits the action from subject to an… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
verb — n. 1) to conjugate, inflect; passivize a verb 2) an auxiliary, helping; compound, phrasal; copular (esp. BE), copulative, linking; defective; irregular; main; modal; regular; strong; weak verb 3) an active; passive verb 4) an intransitive;… … Combinatory dictionary
helping — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, heaping (AmE), huge, large ▪ a generous helping of potatoes ▪ small ▪ … Collocations dictionary
