assist
verb (used with object)
to give support or aid to; help.
am assisting
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present progressiveof assist (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“At some point though,” Ms. Reeb went on in the email, “I’d at least like to get out there that I am assisting you … as it might help in my campaign lol.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
I am assisting a young recruit on a very important mission for Gauleiter Koch.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
But when I am assisting the Pickled Onion, as in recent days, my heart seems to thump faster in my chest.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
At this moment—your attention, I beg—I am assisting him to form a plan by which he will be enabled to live a natural life without the unpleasantness of public gossip.
From The Town Traveller by George Gissing
I do not wish to raise an issue with the friends of this bill, with those whom I am assisting, and who are assisting me, to pass this measure.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett
