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assist English

Meaning assist meaning

What does assist mean?
Definitions in simple English

assist Verb

— To help. She assisted the doctor. Nurses are available to assist the healing process.

assist Noun

— In basketball and some other sports, a pass to another player to let him or her score. He had eight assists in that game.

assist

— verb (= help) give help or assistance; be of service Everyone helped out during the earthquake Can you help me carry this table? She never helps around the house — verb act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function — noun (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play — noun (= aid, assistance, help) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose he gave me an assist with the housework could not walk without assistance rescue party went to their aid offered his help in unloading — verb (= serve, wait on, attend) work for or be a servant to May I serve you? She attends the old lady in the wheelchair Can you wait on our table, please? Is a salesperson assisting you? The minister served the King for many years

Synonyms assist synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as assist?

assist English » English

help aid support assistance succor relieve succour abet promote advance avail sustain benefit helping help out attend to accomodate second relief further subsidize serve lend a hand give aid favor encourage befriend be of service back up allowance accommodate wait on uphold save rescue remedy prop profit patronize ministration hand forward correct cooperate contribution contribute boost backing back attend

Topics assist topics

What do people use assist to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Help

Conjugation assist conjugation

How do you conjugate assist?

assist · verb

Examples assist examples

How do I use assist in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.
He took the trouble to assist the poor man.
He went out of his way to assist me.
He will assist us in changing the tire.
I can't get anyone to assist me.
I'll assist in any way I can.
I won't assist you.
The matres lectionis assist us in reading the words.
Tom was supposed to assist me.
Tom will assist you in your search for Mary.
I'd like you to assist Tom.
He will assist this project.
They were kind enough to assist us.
Could you assist me, please?
I'll assist you.
Tom will assist Mary.
Tom will assist us.
Tom will assist me.

Movie subtitles

If there's anything that I could do to assist in your investigation, don't be afraid to ask.
Yet the ambulance was turned away at the gate, so they wouldn't have been able to assist.
I can assist.
Please let me assist you on your way home.
You will oblige me greatly if you will assist. in making this incident as painless as possible.
And to assist me in this, I'm replacing Mr Fryer with Mr Christian who will now act as executive second in command with the rank of Acting Second Lieutenant.
Now you, Harding, are to assist Gordon with his fuel problem. and place your knowledge of poison gas at our disposal.
I thought and hoped you could assist me.
Katherine is going to assist me in my research.
Then it's his job to assist me. not go digging into 10-year-old cases on wild suspicions of his own.
I've been hoping that you'll find time to assist me with it.
It would afford me great happiness if you and the ladies who assist you. would lower yourselves to be my guests.
If you would care to assist me.
You will have to assist me.
The only thing we can do to assist is put our faith in 009 and keep fighting.
I want to assist you, but for the last three months you've not been worth your salt.
Yes, sir. - You may be able to assist him, Mr. Williams? - Yes, sir.
Why don't you assist Basil Rathbone and let me alone.
That gives her credit for an assist.
Do you think you could forego being a pioneer resident of the guardhouse long enough to assist him?
Now I need a young lady to assist me.
Now, none of us will know what this incident is except the one man who will assist the major.
For our next experiment, we want two able-bodied, open-minded, clean-living young gentlemen to assist us in sawing Marlene Dietrich in half.
I have been assigned by General Stevenson to assist you to conduct a serious scientific.
Perhaps not, but I'm on this train for legitimate reasons and I've neither the time nor the inclination to assist you with your work.
You can assist him, and he can do it.
Would you mind coming to the station - to assist with a sketch?
His Serene Highness Khan Islam Giray Khan ordered to assist, ours won't assault the castle!
Mr. Cameron is your assistant. - Then it's his job to assist me. not go digging into 10-year-old cases on wild suspicions of his own.
Leon, tell monsieur seated over there- the gentleman with the big hat and boots- if he's having difficulty in choosing his breakfast, i'll be happy to assist him. Ask him if he wouldn't perhaps prefer to be served at my table. We're old friends.
Ladies and gentlemen, I don't doubt your good faith for a moment, nor your wish to assist justice.
Alone, no one to assist you.
Oh, we got a slight assist from. The Carnegie Foundation.
All of you will cooperate and assist us!
In what way may I assist you?
I assist my father.

News and current affairs

A consensus has now been reached on the need to assist smallholders, but obstacles remain.
Another assist may come from America's recent move to tap its strategic petroleum reserves in an effort to push oil prices lower.
Working with partners, the World Bank is supporting financial strategies to assist developing countries in meeting the costs caused by climate change.
Far from burdening an already over-stressed, over-stretched global economy, environmental investments are exactly what is needed to get people back to work, get order books flowing, and assist in powering economies back to health.
A strategy for a Global Green New Deal, tailored to different national challenges, will be fleshed out in order to assist world leaders and ministers craft stimulus packages that work on multiple fronts.
I have recently appointed a counter-terrorism coordinator to assist me in following through on the Plan of Action.
Finally, the Inter-American Development Bank should assist with programs designed to promote and finance industrial exports, as well as underwriting tourism projects.
I assist her in walking, placing her in a chair, and getting into our car.
The Quartet's special envoy, James Wolfensohn, has proposed that donors assist the Palestinian people without violating anti-terrorism laws that prohibit funds from being sent directly to Hamas.
Unfettered, it can assist in the fight against entrenched corruption.
Global responsibility to assist developing nations goes far beyond the MDGs - in both time and scale.
If, over the past decade or two, affluent countries had done more to assist Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the current Ebola outbreak could have been minimized, if not prevented.
The world must assist Russia in seeing to it that alternative supply routes for the rebels do not materialize.
It does so, but not before the captain receives assurances that a larger ship is coming to assist.
In Libya, we are deploying a new UN support mission to assist the country's transitional authorities in establishing a new government and legal order, consistent with the aspirations of the Libyan people.
America's departure from Mesopotamia will likewise put the burden of problem solving onto Iraqis and other regional players, leaving the US offshore to assist when and where it deems appropriate.
It was the huge loss of households' net worth that brought down the real economy (with an assist from the credit squeeze on smaller businesses).
In situations where government intervention is necessary, we must consider specific ways in which the private sector can assist in the recovery.
It could help to put the organization back on track and assist it to focus on doing the best things first.
I wake her up in the morning, assist her in toileting, bathing, and dressing, make us breakfast, and help her feed herself.
The only chance to end cotton subsidies is now somehow to convince US and EU leaders to assist African peasants by curtailing payments to their own cotton farmers.
Lending large sums before assessing root causes and determining appropriate policy responses can undermine the IFIs' credibility and reduce the capital available to assist other countries in need.

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