helping verb
noun
plural helping verbs
: an auxiliary verb
In "they have arrived," the word "have" is a helping verb.
A third kind of verb is the helping verb, a word that is added to the main verb to form a verb phrase.
Vivian C. Cadbury
Vivian C. Cadbury
Word History
First Known Use
1673, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
helping verb
noun
: a verb (as am, may, or will) that is used with another verb to express person, number, mood, or tense
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