auxiliary
pronunciation
How to pronounce auxiliary in British English:
UK [ɔːɡˈzɪliəri]
How to pronounce auxiliary in American English:
US [ɔːɡˈzɪliəri]
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- Noun:
- someone who acts as assistant
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- Adjective:
- functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity
- relating to something that is added but is not essential
Word Origin
- auxiliary (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin auxiliaris "helpful," from auxilium "aid, help, support," related to auctus, past participle of augere "to increase" (see augment).
- auxiliary (n.)
- "foreign troops in service of a nation at war," c. 1600, from auxiliary (adj.). Related: Auxiliaries.
Example
- 1. The second auxiliary constructor accepts just a label .
- 2. Alongside income tax is a schedule of national-insurance contributions ( nics ) , ostensibly a social-insurance levy but in reality an auxiliary wage tax .
- 3. Personal income taxes sit alongside employee national-insurance contributions-once a social-insurance levy , now an auxiliary wage tax .
- 4. However , they can 't pass arguments to the parent class constructor ( even literal values ) , so traits can only extend classes that have a no-argument primary or auxiliary constructor .
- 5. I was advised to take auxiliary light .