perfect auxiliaries

A form of perfect auxiliary — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of perfect auxiliary
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