[
UK
/ɐsˈɪst/
]
[ US /əˈsɪst/ ]
[ US /əˈsɪst/ ]
NOUN
- (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
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the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
offered his help in unloading
rescue party went to their aid
could not walk without assistance
he gave me an assist with the housework
VERB
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give help or assistance; be of service
Everyone helped out during the earthquake
She never helps around the house
Can you help me carry this table? - act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
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work for or be a servant to
The minister served the King for many years
She attends the old lady in the wheelchair
Is a salesperson assisting you?
May I serve you?
Can you wait on our table, please?
How To Use assist In A Sentence
- Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
- Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
- We've gotten better with our techniques and applying them predeparture, ensuring we're looking at as broad a section of potential risk as possible, said Kevin McAleenan, deputy assistant commissioner of field operations at Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.CBP said the gap in U.S. security practices wasn't obvious until after the attempted Christmas attack. U.S. blocks 350 with suspected ties to terrorists
- And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
- This includes such things as computer-assisted instruction, teaching machines, programs, television, and other audiovisual devices.
- Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
- He is very experienced in collating documents, summarizing evidence, arranging diagrammatic and demonstrative evidence and assisting with the general preparation for trial.
- The flow of assistance to Vietnam's fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually halted.
- Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
- His assistant, a pretty young woman, is bright, very capable, and eager to help.
