assistance
the act of assisting; help; aid; support.
Origin of assistance
1Other words from assistance
- re·as·sist·ance, noun
Words that may be confused with assistance
- assistance , assistants
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How to use assistance in a sentence
The city of San Diego redistricting commission did not respond to requests from Voice of San Diego about its plans for language assistance.
African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of Redistricting | Maya Srikrishnan | February 10, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIt also launched a “help map” inside its app, which allowed users to flag in their profile that they were available to help neighbors who might need assistance amid the pandemic.
Olivia Wein, a staff attorney for the National Consumer Law Center, said she feared that Lifeline could face the same fights that plague the annual funding for home energy assistance and many other federal aid programs.
Carlos, to that point, I can absolutely say that there are people who do need more assistance.
The driver called his cousins for assistance, according to police.
Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid involved in car accident that injured two children | Mark Maske | February 8, 2021 | Washington Post
It took a blow to the head from Clark and the assistance of three deputies to subdue her.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2011, only 27 percent of families living in poverty were receiving welfare assistance.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block | Monica Potts | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ISI came to the CIA for assistance in fostering a revolt that had developed in the Afghan countryside against Communist rule.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’? | Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey provide their own assistance and we are grateful to them for this.
And thank you, USDA Cranberry Market Loss assistance Program, for the cranberry sauce.
Up to a Point: Thanks to the Biggest Turkey, Uncle Sam | P. J. O’Rourke | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the darkness and confusion I did not distinguish the face of the man who rendered me this assistance.
Thinking to escape and summon assistance from the cantonment, Douglas mounted the wall and leaped into the moat.
The Red Year | Louis TracyTwo of the artillerymen who had not been injured came to his assistance, and again the gun was thundering forth its defiance.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThen he held down a hand to her, bade her set her foot on his, and called with an oath to Rabecque to lend her his assistance.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniYou are very kind, sir,” he said; “my companions and I shall feel deeply indebted to you for this opportune assistance.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for assistance
/ (əˈsɪstəns) /
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