assistance
Americannoun
noun
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help; support
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the act of assisting
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informal See national assistance
Other Word Forms
- reassistance noun
Etymology
Origin of assistance
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English assistence, from Medieval Latin assistentia; assist + -ance
Example Sentences
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Around half of Afghanistan's population of more than 40 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year, according to the United Nations, after a sharp drop in foreign assistance in recent years.
From Barron's
Solos’s complaint, filed Friday, alleges the defendants infringed on Solos’s patents involving smartglasses, including functions such as multimodal sensing, audio processing, intelligent assistance and integrated-system architectures for real-time user interaction.
Over the course of 20 years thousands of servicemen and women, as well as civilians, from dozens of countries deployed to Afghanistan, answering the US call for assistance.
From BBC
It’s also after funding for winter heating assistance runs out.
From MarketWatch
The French navy, with the assistance of allies including the UK, boarded the vessel on Thursday morning between Spain and Morocco.
From BBC
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