assist.
To help.
Meaning & usage
To help.
This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin assistō Old French assisterbor. Middle English assisten English assist From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
A helpful action or an act of giving.
The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
The act of helping another player score points or goals A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
The act of helping another player score points or goals A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
He had two assists in the game.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin assistō Old French assisterbor. Middle English assisten English assist From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
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