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- [eyd]
- /eɪd/
- /eɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [eyd]
- /eɪd/
Definitions of aid word
- uncountable noun aid Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves. 3
- verb aid To aid a country, organization, or person means to provide them with money, equipment, or services that they need. 3
- verb aid To aid someone means to help or assist them. 3
- verb aid Aid is also a noun. 3
- uncountable noun aid If you perform a task with the aid of something, you need or use that thing to perform that task. 3
- countable noun aid An aid is an object, device, or technique that makes something easier to do. 3
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Origin of aid
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; (noun) late Middle English ayde < Anglo-French, Old French aide, noun derivative of aid(i)er < Latin adjūtāre to help (frequentative of adjuvāre), equivalent to ad- ad- + -jū- help + -t- frequentative suffix + -āre infinitive suffix; (v.) < Anglo-French, Old French aid(i)er < Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Aid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
aid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
aid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for aid
verb aid
- subsidize — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
noun aid
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- relief — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
- service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
Antonyms for aid
verb aid
- deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
noun aid
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
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