helping.
The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
Meaning & usage
The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
She finds great joy in helping people.
A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
An amount or quantity.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English helping, helpinge, helpynge, equivalent to help + -ing.
present participle and gerund of help
Where this word comes from
From Middle English helpinge, helpynge, helpinde, helponde, helpand, from Old English helpende, present participle of Old English helpan (“to help”), equivalent to help + -ing. Cognate with Dutch helpend, German helfend, Swedish hjälpande.
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