EGAVE

assist

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 17.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To help.
    This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
  2. verb To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
  3. verb To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
  4. verb To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
    A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
  5. verb To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
  6. noun A helpful action or an act of giving.
    The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
  7. noun The act of helping another player score points or goals A decisive pass made to the goal scorer A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
    He had two assists in the game.
  8. noun A decisive pass made to the goal scorer

Similar words

assistance aid help attend to attend wait on helping serve aiding aider

Often followed by

in the him them you with us me her

Word family

assistance assistant assistants assisted assisting assists

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