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ALL meanings of aid

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  • 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
  • verb aid If something aids a process, it makes it easier or more likely to happen. 3
  • verb aid to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist 3
  • verb aid to assist financially 3
  • noun aid assistance; help; support 3
  • noun aid a person, device, etc, that helps or assists 3
  • noun aid any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent 3
  • noun aid (in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son 3
  • combining formincountable noun aid denoting a charitable organization or function that raises money for a cause 3
  • abbreviation AID acute infectious disease 3
  • abbreviation AID artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI) 3
  • abbreviation AID Agency for International Development 3
  • verb transitive aid to give help or relief (to); assist 3
  • noun aid help or assistance; esp., financial help 3
  • noun aid a helper; assistant 3
  • noun aid a helpful device 3
  • noun aid aide (sense 2) 3
  • noun aid a payment in money made by a vassal to his lord 3
  • noun aid a subsidy granted to the king for a special purpose 3
  • abbreviation Definition of AID in Technology Algebraic Interpretive Dialogue 3
  • 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
  • noun aid help 1
  • noun aid medical assistance or treatment 1
  • noun aid Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings “an assisting person,” the spelling aide is increasingly used for the sense “helper, assistant”:  One of the senator's aides is calling.  Aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse's aide. 1
  • verb with object aid to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire. 1
  • verb with object aid to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate. 1
  • verb without object aid to give help or assistance. 1
  • noun aid the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961. 1
  • noun aid Help, typically of a practical nature. 1
  • noun Definition of aid in Technology (language)   (AID) A version of Joss II for the PDP-10. 1
  • noun aid Help; assistance; succor, relief. 0
  • noun aid A helper; an assistant. 0
  • noun aid Something which helps; a material source of help. 0
  • noun aid (Britain) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort. 0
  • noun aid (Britain) An exchequer loan. 0
  • noun aid (law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions. 0
  • noun aid An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation. 0
  • verb aid (Transitive Verb) To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist. 0
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