assistant
Americannoun
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a person who assists or gives aid and support; helper.
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a person who is subordinate to another in rank, function, etc.; one holding a secondary rank in an office or post.
He was assistant to the office manager.
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something that aids and supplements another.
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a faculty member of a college or university who ranks below an instructor and whose responsibilities usually include grading papers, supervising laboratories, and assisting in teaching.
adjective
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assisting; helpful.
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serving in an immediately subordinate position; of secondary rank.
an assistant coach.
noun
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a person who assists, esp in a subordinate position
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( as modifier )
assistant manager
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See shop assistant
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonassistant noun
- unassistant adjective
Etymology
Origin of assistant
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English assistent, from Latin assistent-, stem of assistēns “standing by,” present participle of assistere “to stand by, help”; assist
Example Sentences
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She worked as a plumber, then as a snowboard coach, eventually working up to an assistant role on the U.S. national team.
From Los Angeles Times
The tech giant changed the popular messaging app on 15 January - and since then only its AI assistant Meta AI can access it.
From BBC
The document teaches Claude how to be a kind and worldly assistant, ready to help people who talk to it.
That didn’t stop investors from hitting the sell button again, especially after Anthropic released new tools that included more-powerful coding assistants and functions that can be used for corporate tasks such as product management.
They travelled the country together showcasing his Musical Hall act "Leo Selwyn the Handcuff Prince", with Roberts as his glamorous assistant.
From BBC
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