assist
to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
to give aid or help.
to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
Machinery. an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use: a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
Origin of assist
1synonym study For assist
Other words for assist
Opposites for assist
Other words from assist
- as·sist·er; Chiefly Law, as·sis·tor, noun
- as·sist·ive, adjective
- non·as·sist·er, noun
- o·ver·as·sist, verb
- re·as·sist, verb (used with object)
- un·as·sist·ed, adjective
- un·as·sist·ing, adjective
- well-as·sist·ed, adjective
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How to use assist in a sentence
The three riders who were most concerned about keeping up rented e-bikes, which have small, battery-powered motors to provide an assist on hills.
On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other | John Briley | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostReleased amid the nation’s racial reckoning, the book immediately rocketed up bestseller lists with an assist from Oprah, who called it her most important book club pick ever.
The 10 best books of 2020 | Washington Post Editors and Reviewers | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostThe company has poured in details aimed at fleet customers, features like a standard driver assist with road edge detection, a drowsiness driver alert and pre-collision assist with automatic emergency braking.
Ford unveils the 2022 E-Transit, its $45,000 electric workhorse | Kirsten Korosec | November 12, 2020 | TechCrunchIn 2019, she had zero goals and zero assists in five matches after the World Cup, likely due to a combination of injury, fatigue and reacclimating herself to the league nearly 12 months after her last NWSL game.
Sue Bird And Megan Rapinoe Have Gotten Better Together | Jenn Hatfield | November 10, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightFourteen increased or decreased their rebounding by less than one per game, and 15 did the same in assists.
Do The WNBA’s Most Improved Players Keep Up Their Success? | Jenn Hatfield | October 20, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Strange is sometimes assisted by Wong, another monk gifted to Dr. Strange by The Ancient One.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician | Rich Goldstein | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe implication is that she might even have assisted her husband inflicting his superficial wounds.
Did Joran Van Der Sloot Fake His Prison Shanking? | Andrea Zarate, Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe talks candidly about the saga, non-monogamy, assisted suicide, and why he is ‘bored’ of the gay actor debate.
9 Must-Read Stories of Syria’s Tokyo Rose, Missing WMDs and #GamerGate: The Best of The Beast | William Boot | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a newspaper interview Sunday, he claimed the government had assisted the militants with arms and funds.
By contrast, Gallup found that a majority of Democrats believe that physician-assisted death is morally acceptable.
The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death | Samantha Allen | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe wedding breakfast very much resembled the similar festivities at which most of us have assisted.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsRobert assisted her into the hammock which swung from the post before her door out to the trunk of a tree.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe assisted in framing the federal constitution, and made himself useful to his country in various ways.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellShe closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna's dripping mackintosh.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
British Dictionary definitions for assist
/ (əˈsɪst) /
to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid
to work or act as an assistant or subordinate to (another)
ice hockey to help (a team-mate) to score, as by passing the puck
(intr foll by at) archaic to be present; attend
US and Canadian the act of helping; aid; assistance
baseball the act of a player who throws or deflects a batted ball in such a way that a team is enabled to put out an opponent
sport
a pass or other action by a player which enables another player to score a goal
a credit given for such an action
Origin of assist
1Derived forms of assist
- assister, noun
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