Definitions for Helpful
ˈhɛlp fəlhelp·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. helpfuladjective

   providing assistance or serving a useful function

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. helpfuladjective

   Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Helpfuladjective

   Etymology: help and full.

   1. Useful; that which gives assistance.

   Let’s fight with gentle words,
   ’Till time lend friends, and friends their helpful swords. Sh.

   He orders all the succours which they bring;
   The helpful and the good about him run,
   And form an army. John Dryden, Ann. Mirab.

   2. Wholsome; salutary.

   A skilful chymist can as well, by separation of visible elements, draw helpful medicines out of poison, as poison out of the most healthful herbs. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

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1. helpful

   Helpful refers to the act of providing assistance or useful information to others, contributing positively towards a situation or problem, or being of benefit or service. It involves actions or behaviors that are supportive, beneficial, or advantageous, often aimed at making tasks easier or improving a situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Helpfuladjective

   furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. helpful

   To provide help.

   The children are so helpful when it comes to cooking and preparing food.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 18, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Helpful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3324

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Helpful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1927

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Helpful' in Adjectives Frequency: #425

How to pronounce Helpful?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Helpful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Helpful in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Helpful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Helpful in a Sentence

1. David Weiss:

   Contact tracing involves a lot of different sources and information, the core of it is interviews, to the stats that we collect digitally, to pictures of spaces, to all to all kinds of different things. And the information technology is helpful.

2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   In the current situation, it would be helpful if there were areas there, where no party to the war flew bombing missions -- in other words a kind of no-fly zone, we can't negotiate with the terrorists from ISIS. But if it were doable to come to such an agreement with the anti-Assad coalition and the Assad supporters, it would be helpful.

3. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   Out of an abundance of caution it would be helpful if... you agree to quarantine, isolate yourself for 14 days, we don't have any direct reason, you haven't tested positive, you're not symptomatic, but we're all good citizens, we're all trying to do what we can to stop the spread, that would be helpful.

4. William Schaffner:

   They wear masks. They do social distancing. They are meticulous, the other day, they came over to our pool and they stayed on one end of the pool and we stayed on the other. They never went inside the house. My wife said to me,' Well, they're not going to be helpful in the trials, that's for sure.'.

5. Catherine Brown:

   You have some states that are teaching inaccurate information, students deserve to have age-appropriate, helpful information about how to behave in intimate relationships.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Helpful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Helpful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Helpful
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Helpful