perfect auxiliary (English, noun)
expansion: perfect auxiliary (plural perfect auxiliaries)
Senses:
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glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: perfect auxiliaries
tags: plural