helping verb
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Noun
helping verb (plural helping verbs)
- (grammar) An auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause.
Usage notes
Chiefly used in teaching grammar to children and English language learners rather than in academic linguistics.
Translations
auxiliary verb — see auxiliary verb
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