What does assistance mean?
Definitions for assistance
əˈsɪs tənsas·sis·tance
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word assistance.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
aid, assistance, helpnoun
a resource
"visual aids in teaching"
Wiktionary
assistancenoun
Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
Etymology: assistance, from assistentia, from assisto.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Assistancenoun
Help; furtherance.
Etymology: assistance, French.
The council of Trent commends recourse, not only to the prayers of the saints, but to their aid and assistance: What doth this aid and assistance signify? Edward Stillingfleet.
You have abundant assistances for this knowledge, in excellent books. William Wake, Preparation for Death.
Let us entreat this necessary assistance, that by his grace he would lead us. John Rogers.
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assistance
Assistance refers to the act of helping or providing support or aid to someone, typically in accomplishing a task or overcoming a problem or difficulty. It can take various forms such as financial aid, physical help, or professional advice or guidance.
Webster Dictionary
Assistancenoun
the act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support
Assistancenoun
an assistant or helper; a body of helpers
Assistancenoun
persons present
Etymology: [Cf. F. assistance.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
assistance
Aid or help: strongly enjoined to be given whenever a signal is made requiring it.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assistance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2346
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assistance' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3866
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assistance' in Nouns Frequency: #1049
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of assistance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of assistance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of assistance in a Sentence
And you know, it's certainly true that, were any of us to provide weapons to Ukraine, Russia could match that and then double that and triple that and quadruple that, but it's also important to have in mind that the Ukrainians should be able to defend themselves and we provided significant security assistance, defensive, non-lethal security assistance to Ukraine to do just that.
But it's also important to have in mind that the Ukrainians should be able to defend themselves and we provided significant security assistance, defensive, non-lethal security assistance to Ukraine to do just that.
There's no doubt that, in the Sunni areas, we're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have been, i think Prime Minister Abadi is sincere and committed to an inclusive Iraqi state, and I will continue to order our military to provide the Iraqi security forces all assistance that they need in order to secure their country, and I’ll provide diplomatic and economic assistance that’s necessary for them to stabilize.
In none of the cases examined in this study was the existence of these gun registration records of any assistance in detecting a crime and no one questioned during the course of this study could offer any evidence to establish the value of the system of registering weapons.
We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained.
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Translations for assistance
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- hulpAfrikaans
- مساعدةArabic
- yardımAzerbaijani
- ярҙамBashkir
- дапамо́гаBelarusian
- по́мощ, съде́йствиеBulgarian
- সাহায্যBengali
- assistènciaCatalan, Valencian
- asistence, pomocCzech
- hjælpDanish
- HilfeGerman
- βοήθειαGreek
- asistenciaSpanish
- abiEstonian
- یاری, معاضدت, دستیاری, کمکPersian
- apu, avustaminenFinnish
- assistanceFrench
- cúnamh, cabhair, cuidiúIrish
- עֶזְרָהHebrew
- मदद, सहायताHindi
- asistansHaitian Creole
- segítségHungarian
- օգնություն, աջակցությունArmenian
- hjálp, aðstoðIcelandic
- assistenzaItalian
- 援助Japanese
- დახმარებაGeorgian
- асар, бөксер, жәрдемKazakh
- កិច្ចសង្គ្រោះ, ជំនួយKhmer
- 도움Korean
- یارمهتیKurdish
- жардамKyrgyz
- pagalbaLithuanian
- palīdzlībaLatvian
- по́мошMacedonian
- hjelpNorwegian
- hulp, assistentieDutch
- hjelpNorwegian Nynorsk
- assistênciaPortuguese
- ajutor, asistențăRomanian
- по́мощь, подде́ржка, соде́йствиеRussian
- pomoc, помоћSerbo-Croatian
- pomocSlovak
- pomočSlovene
- ndihmëAlbanian
- hjälpSwedish
- సహాయముTelugu
- мадад, ёрмандӣ, кӯмак, ёрӣTajik
- ความช่วยเหลือThai
- ýardam, kömekTurkmen
- yardımTurkish
- ярдәмTatar
- допомо́гаUkrainian
- مددUrdu
- еrdam, yordam, bermoq, koʻmakUzbek
- giúp đỡVietnamese
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