Definitions for assist
əˈsɪstas·sist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. aid, assist, assistance, helpnoun

   the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

2. assistverb

   (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play

3. help, assist, aidverb

   give help or assistance; be of service

   "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"

4. assistverb

   act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function

5. serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assistverb

   work for or be a servant to

   "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assistnoun

   A helpful action or an act of giving.

   The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.

2. assistnoun

   a statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

   He had two assists in the game.

3. assistverb

   To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance.

   A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.

4. assistverb

   To help.

5. assistverb

   To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

6. Etymology: From assister, from assistere, both words meaning, "to assist."

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

1. To ASSISTverb

   To help.

   Etymology: assister, Fr. assisto, Lat.

   Receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and assist her in whatsoever business she hath need. Rom. xvi. 2.

   It is necessary and assisting to all our other intellectual faculties. John Locke.

   Acquaintance with method will assist one in ranging human affairs. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   She no sooner yielded to adultery, but she agreed to assist in the murder of her husband. William Broome, on Odyssey.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assistverb

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

2. Assistverb

   to lend aid; to help

3. Assistverb

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASSIST

   ASSIST is an IBM System/370-compatible assembler and interpreter developed in the 1970s at Penn State University by John Mashey and a group of Mashey's student assistants. Originally, ASSIST was available only to universities and was implemented at several hundred of them, but was occasionally used elsewhere. In 1998, Penn State declared that ASSIST was no longer copyrighted and that the program was freely available.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assist

   as-sist′, v.t. to help.—v.i. to be present at a ceremony: (Shak.) to accompany.—n. Assist′ance, help: relief.—adj. Assist′ant, helping or lending aid.—n. one who assists: a helper. [L. assistĕre, to stand by—ad, to, sistĕre.]

Matched Categories

1. • Support
   • Work

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assist' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3791

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assist' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4575

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assist' in Verbs Frequency: #470

Anagrams for assist »

1. stasis

How to pronounce assist?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say assist in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assist in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of assist in a Sentence

1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Israel will settle accounts with the murderers, those who attempt murder, and all those who assist them, not only will they not enjoy their privileges, but we will exact from them the full cost.

2. Ash Carter:

   We're certainly committed to providing intelligence support and advice and assist support. With respect to introducing more forces on the ground with them, that is something that we will I think need to revisit as those forces are actually produced, our role is to be an enabler, a motivator, the chairman used the word leadership, not a substitute for a capable ground force, but an enabler of a ground force.

3. Paul Archuleta/Getty Images:

   I got a phone call at 2:30 in the morning, they needed my consent to put him on dialysis to assist with his kidneys, now hes on a ventilator, dialysis and this ECMO machine.

4. Robert Redfield:

   There are a number of states - 19, 20 states - that really have had limited impact from it. So I think we will see some states that are, the governors feel that they're ready, we're poised to assist them with that reopening.

5. Cumberland County ProsecutorJennifer Webb-McRae:

   We are attempting to identify a male who was in the park at the timeDulcewent missing, we need to speak to this person and feel that he may have information that will greatly assist us in this investigation. This person may not even realize that they have important information that may be able to help us locateDulce.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=assist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assist
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=assist
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assist
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=assist
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=assist