helping

[ hel-ping ]

/ ˈhɛl pɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that helps.

a portion of food served to a person at one time: That's his third helping of ice cream.

adjective

giving aid, assistance, support, or the like.

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Origin of helping

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at help, -ing¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM helping

help·ing·ly, adverbun·help·ing, adjective

Words nearby helping

helotry, help, helper, helper T cell, helpful, helping, helping hand, helping verb, helpless, helpline, Helpmann

How to use helping in a sentence

Each day, we’re served a heaping helping of heat and humidity, with a side of widely scattered storms.
D.C.-area forecast: Heat and humidity barely budge through the weekend|David Streit|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
San Diego Unified School Board members Sharon Whitehurst-Payne and Richard Barrera clapped back, calling Montgomery Steppe disingenuous, and said she should do a little more helping and a little less question-asking.
VOSD Podcast: Three Investigations in One Podcast|Nate John|May 28, 2021|Voice of San Diego
For the moment, at least, it appears there’s some appetite for a generous helping of giant computer chips.
The World’s Biggest AI Chip Now Comes Stock With 2.6 Trillion Transistors|Jason Dorrier|April 25, 2021|Singularity Hub
Put it all together, and you get a team that’s not quite ready to break into the Champions League and Europa League spots, but possesses a clear identity and adds a delightful helping of chaos to every match.
Leeds United Is Scoring (And Getting Scored On) Like Nobody Else In The Premier League|Nicholas Som|March 10, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

Miles’s tone swings all this speed-herstory along, with a giant helping of feminist theory.
Meet the forgotten rebels and quiet revolutionaries of women’s history|Lisa Birnbach|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That kind of compassion might go a long way toward helping us begin to respond to a hurting world.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Congress loves to be Scroogey when it comes to helping the poor at Christmastime.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block|Monica Potts|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was because of Delta that I actually started helping out in the community, volunteering.
How A Company’s Support of Gay Employees Helped One of Them To Come Out||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Objectively, they are not just riding with the tide, but helping to guide its very direction.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I only saw the glitter of a bayonet which a Mexican thrust into his shoulder, at the very moment he was helping me up.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
He saw Lettice and his cousin helping towards this exquisite deliverance somehow.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A story or narrative is invented for the purpose of helping the student, as it is claimed, to memorise it.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
This would be a device for helping him to revive this hitherto unrecallable name.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for helping

helping

/ (ˈhɛlpɪŋ) /

noun

a single portion of food taken at a meal

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