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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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Origin of help
First recorded before 900; Middle English helpen, Old English helpan; cognate with German helfen
SYNONYMS FOR help
6 ameliorate.
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
helophyte, Helot, helotism, helotomy, helotry, help, helper, helper cell, helper T cell, helper virus, helpful
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Example sentences from the Web for help
“We were really hearing from the public health world that they needed help with contact tracing,” he said.
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Those numbers, however, could create pressure that could help us to make better decisions when it comes to hiring.
‘My white colleagues are looking to me for answers’: Confessions of a Black ad tech exec|Seb Joseph|July 8, 2020|DigidayAs legislators create policies to help guide developing blockchain technology, their primary concern should be ensuring that all businesses in the industry behave responsibly and have fair access to customers and resources.
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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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