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- [uh-sist]
- /əˈsɪst/
- /əˈsɪst/
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- [uh-sist]
- /əˈsɪst/
Definitions of assist word
- verb assist If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them. 3
- verb assist If you assist someone, you give them information, advice, or money. 3
- verb assist If something assists in doing a task, it makes the task easier to do. 3
- verb assist to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid 3
- verb assist to work or act as an assistant or subordinate to (another) 3
- verb assist to help (a team-mate) to score, as by passing the puck 3
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Origin of assist
First appearance:
before 1505 One of the 26% oldest English words
1505-15; < Latin assistere to stand by, help, equivalent to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (variant of sta- stand) + -re infinitive suffix)
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Parts of speech for Assist
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
assist popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% 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".
assist usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for assist
noun assist
- service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
verb assist
- reinforce — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- facilitate — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
Antonyms for assist
noun assist
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
verb assist
- undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- 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.
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