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perfect auxiliary

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
per-fec-t aux-il-iary
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The auxiliary verb that is combined with a past participle to form a compound perfect tense: in English, the verb have; in French, German, and Danish either the equivalent of have or the equivalent of be, depending on the verb.

Inflected Forms

perfect auxiliaries (plural)

Questions

What does perfect auxiliary mean?
The auxiliary verb that is combined with a past participle to form a compound perfect tense: in English, the verb have; in French, German, and Danish either the equivalent of have or the equivalent of be, depending on the verb.

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