helping verb
1helping verb — helping verb, = auxiliary verb. (Cf. ↑auxiliary verb) * * * noun, pl ⋯ verbs [count] grammar : ↑auxiliary verb …
2helping verb — n. AUXILIARY VERB * * * …
3helping verb — n. AUXILIARY VERB …
4helping verb — noun An auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause …
5helping verb — help′ing verb n. cvb gram. auxiliary verb • Etymology: 1815–25 …
6helping verb — noun Date: 1711 an auxiliary verb …
7helping verb. — See auxiliary verb. [1815 25] * * * …
8helping verb. — See auxiliary verb. [1815 25] …
9verb — 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… …
10verb — 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;… …