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Idioms about help
Origin of help
First recorded before 900; Middle English helpen, Old English helpan; cognate with German helfen
synonym study for help
1. Help, aid, assist, succor agree in the idea of furnishing another with something needed, especially when the need comes at a particular time. Help implies furnishing anything that furthers one's efforts or relieves one's wants or necessities. Aid and assist, somewhat more formal, imply especially a furthering or seconding of another's efforts. Aid implies a more active helping; assist implies less need and less help. To succor, still more formal and literary, is to give timely help and relief in difficulty or distress: Succor him in his hour of need.
usage note for help
21. Cannot/can't help but has been condemned by some as the ungrammatical version of cannot/can’t help followed by the present participle: You can’t help but admire her. You can’t help admiring her. However, the idiom Cannot/can't help but is so common in all types of speech and writing that it must be characterized as standard.
OTHER WORDS FROM help
Words nearby help
Héloïse, helophyte, Helot, helotism, helotry, help, helper, helper T cell, helpful, helping, helping hand
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How to use help in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for help
help
/ (hɛlp) /
verb
noun
interjection
used to ask for assistance
See also help out
Derived forms of help
helpable, adjectivehelper, nounWord Origin for help
Old English helpan; related to Old Norse hjalpa, Gothic hilpan, Old High German helfan
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