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
Shortly thereafter, Ohanian founded Breadpig, a site that assists creators with crowdfunding, sponsorships, and business strategy.
The 'Mayor of the Internet' Fights the Good Fight | Gideon Resnick | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe organization has moved the young women and gay men it assists to undisclosed locations.
An Iraqi Group Helping Women and Gays Is Receiving Death Threats | Jacob Siegel | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn addition to art consulting, Brito also assists clients with complete decorating overhauls.
Feeding Diddy’s Art Addiction: How Maria Brito Buys Art for Celebrites | Justin Jones | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe started this season with 386 goals and a record 440 assists.
Skating onto the ice on this night, however, he had not scored in six games, although he had set up five goals with assists.
Yet when handled as Stevenson and Irving handled it, description assists in accenting the mood of the action.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterI submit that this assists us to understand the animus of the converted Mason and the lengths to which it has taken him.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteBut the second doctrine of philosophical necessity assists us in explaining the conduct of Lucifer.
She partakes of the common counsels, and therein assists to bind others, while she refuses to be bound herself.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterSkeat postulates a mute vowel by deriving lazar or leper from Eleazer—He whom God assists.
Archaic England | Harold Bayley
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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