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AID
1[ eyd ]
noun
, U.S. Government.
- the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961.
AID
2abbreviation for
- American Institute of Decorators.
- American Institute of Interior Designers.
- British. artificial insemination donor. Also A.I.D.
aid
3[ eyd ]
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to give help or assistance.
noun
- help or support; assistance.
- aids, Manège.
- Also called natural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight.
- Also called artificial aids. the devices used by a rider to increase control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
- a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
- English History. (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.
aid
1/ eɪd /
verb
- to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
- tr to assist financially
noun
- assistance; help; support
- a person, device, etc, that helps or assists
a teaching aid
- Alsoartificial aid mountaineering any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
- (in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
- in aid of informal.in aid of in support of; for the purpose of
AID
2abbreviation for
- acute infectious disease
- artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI)
Aid
3combining form
- denoting a charitable organization or function that raises money for a cause
Ferryaid
Band Aid
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Confusables Note
Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings “an assisting person,” the spelling aide is increasingly used for the sense “helper, assistant”: One of the senator's aides is calling. Aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse's aide.
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Derived Forms
- ˈaider, noun
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Other Words From
- aid·er noun
- aid·ful adjective
- aid·less adjective
- un·aid·ed adjective
- un·aid·ed·ly adverb
- un·aid·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of AID1
A(gency for) I(nternational) D(evelopment)
Origin of AID2
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English noun aide, eide, from Anglo-French, Old French aide, derivative of verb aid(i)er, from Latin adjūtāre “to help”; adjuvant ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of AID1
C15: via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help
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