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aux

1 American  
Or aux.

abbreviation

  1. auxiliary; auxiliaries. null auxil


aux 2 American  
[oh] / oʊ /
French.
  1. plural of au.


AUX 3 American  
Or Aux

abbreviation

Linguistics.
  1. auxiliary verb: used to represent a phrase structure constituent that may include such verbal elements as tense and mood markers as well as auxiliaries.


aux- 4 American  
  1. variant of auxo-, especially before a vowel.

    auxin.


Example Sentences

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There was the Frenchman who lost his wedding ring during a swim at the Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa; Manguillier combed up the ring in an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal

Manguillier got into the tourism business in 1978, at first ferrying souvenir dealers to Île aux Cerfs, a small island near his home in Trou d’Eau Douce.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was well after dark when Manguillier found Anthony Empson’s wedding ring off Île aux Cerfs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Edmunds was so inspired by the 15 boxes of archival material, including hundreds of hand-typed letters that Follett wrote to dozens of relatives and acquaintances, and endless lyrical descriptions of the imaginary world of Farksolia at the heart of her debut novel, “The House Without Windows,” that he drafted his initial outline for the musical on his knee while taking the subway from Columbia to Broadway to see “La Cage aux Folles.”

From Los Angeles Times

Wisely, Matthew doesn’t just start playing one of Oliver’s songs, as some fans might try to do; he grabs the aux cord and queues up one of Oliver’s personal favorite songs, a cited influence in the musician’s art.

From Salon