assist

Speech parts

1. assist - Noun

2. assist - Verb

Meaning

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

To lend aid; to help.

To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aid support back help sustain second provide serve assistance favor contribute attend facilitate cooperate relieve
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Antonyms

burke hector coventry muller parry chevy
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Hypernyms

support work play help activity aid

Hyponyms

support hand service thanks bootstrap serve

Phrases with the word

also assist assist someone percutaneous ventricular assist device ventricular assist device be unable to assist can't assist

Derivatives

assisted assisting

Anagrams

stasis asisst Stassi

Examples

This book is not a history. Rather it is an attempt to establish analytical tools that will assist the understanding of history. Carroll Quigley

So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare. David Dinkins

If man do not find in himself the required (or wished, or wanted, - "voulue", Fr.) force to accomplish his moral aspirations, he can try to purt himself in the conditions suitable to assist (or promote, or further, -"favoriser", Fr.) his self-control. African Spir

Rather than tell a lie to help a friend, it is better to assist him in paying the fine for his offense. Nigerian Proverb

Fortune and the arts assist each other. Latin Proverb

The gods assist the industrious. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

assishness Assisi Assisi embroidery assist someone assist the progress of assist with