assist
verb (used with object)
to give support or aid to; help.
assisting
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present participleof assist.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim, a 24-year-old British national, was charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, which police believe to be Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
As evidence, he invokes, throughout the book, numerous instances of one nation waging war on another, or assisting U.S. forces against rival tribes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The 24-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
They’ll do everything from bolting together Cybercabs to mowing your lawn, from tending bars to caring for the elderly and, naturally, assisting in the colonization of the moon and Mars.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
A prisoner assisting the doctor gave Jack a bitter solution of coal ground up with water to drink. he whispered.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
