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 Definitions of Assistant  [əˈsɪs tənt]  

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Definition of 'Assistant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) assistant
a person who gives aid and support; helper.

2.  assistant
a person who is subordinate to another in rank, function, etc.; aide; adjutant.

3.  assistant
something that aids and supplements another.

4.  assistant
a faculty member in a college or university ranking below an instructor.

5. (adj.) assistant
assisting; helpful.

6.  assistant
serving in an immediately subordinate position; of secondary rank.

Etymology:  (1400–50; < L)

Definition of 'Assistant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) assistant, helper, help, supporter
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
"my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

2. (adj) adjunct, assistant
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another


Definition of 'Assistant' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) assistant
sb who helps a person in a senior position
an assistant to the director

2. (adjective) assistant
just below the rank of
an assistant manager


Definition of 'Assistant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Assistant
helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary

2. (adj) Assistant
of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon

3. (noun) Assistant
one who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help

4. (noun) Assistant
an attendant; one who is present


Translation of 'Assistant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who assists; a helper
a laboratory assistant; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hulp, assistent Arabic flag Arabic: مُساعِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: асистент
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ajudante Czech flag Czech: asistent, pomocník German flag German: der/die Assistent(in); de
Danish flag Danish: medhjælper; hjælpe-; assi Greek flag Greek: βοηθός Spanish flag Spanish: ayudante
Estonian flag Estonian: assistent, abi- Farsi flag Farsi: دستیار؛ معاون Finnish flag Finnish: avustaja
French flag French: assistant/-ante Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹזֵר Hindi flag Hindi: सहायक
Croatian flag Croatian: pomoćni Hungarian flag Hungarian: asszisztens Indonesian flag Indonesian: asisten, pembantu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: aðstoðarmaður Italian flag Italian: assistente Japanese flag Japanese: 助力, 補助の
Korean flag Korean: 보조자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: asistentas, padėjėjas Latvian flag Latvian: asistents; palīgs
Malay flag Malay: pembantu Dutch flag Dutch: assistent, helper Norwegian flag Norwegian: medhjelper, assistent; hj
Polish flag Polish: asystent, pomocnik Persian flag Persian: دستیار؛ معاون Pashto flag Pashto: کمک کوونکی، معاون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ajudante Romanian flag Romanian: asistent Russian flag Russian: ассистент; помощник
Slovak flag Slovak: asistent, -ka; pomocník, Slovenian flag Slovenian: asistent Serbian flag Serbian: pomoćnik/pomoćnica, asist
Swedish flag Swedish: biträde; biträdande Thai flag Thai: ผู้ช่วย Turkish flag Turkish: asistan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 助手 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: помічник Urdu flag Urdu: مددگار ، نائب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trợ lý Chinese flag Chinese: 助手

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