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auxiliary verb

verb not bearing a meaning but instead serving a grammatical purpose
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auxiliary verb

Summary

auxiliary verb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (724 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • auxiliary verb is a type of verb[2].
  • auxiliary verb's Commons category is recorded as Auxiliary verbs[3].
  • auxiliary verb is the opposite of lexical verb[4].
  • auxiliary verb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Auxiliary verbs[5].
  • auxiliary verb's used by is recorded as Universal Dependencies[6].
  • auxiliary verb's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5401[7].
  • auxiliary verb's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#Auxiliary[8].
  • auxiliary verb's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AUX'}[9].
  • auxiliary verb's different from is recorded as Japanese particle[10].
  • auxiliary verb's different from is recorded as modal verb[11].
  • auxiliary verb's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#auxiliary[12].

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Definition and Type

auxiliary verb is a type of verb[2]. It is the opposite of lexical verb[4].

Use and Application

auxiliary verb's used by is recorded as Universal Dependencies[6].

Why It Matters

auxiliary verb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (724 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C1700
    Instance of → Q140800358
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C1700, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
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