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AID

1

[ eyd ]

noun

, U.S. Government.
  1. 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

2

abbreviation for

  1. American Institute of Decorators.
  2. American Institute of Interior Designers.
  3. British. artificial insemination donor. Also A.I.D.

aid

3

[ eyd ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide support for or relief to; help:

    to aid the victims of the fire.

  2. to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.

    Synonyms: advance, foster, back, abet

    Antonyms: frustrate, hinder

verb (used without object)

  1. to give help or assistance.

noun

  1. help or support; assistance.

    Synonyms: grant, subsidy, relief, succor

  2. a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.
  3. aids, Manège.
    1. 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.
    2. Also called artificial aids. the devices used by a rider to increase control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
  4. a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
  5. 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

  1. to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
  2. tr to assist financially


noun

  1. assistance; help; support
  2. a person, device, etc, that helps or assists

    a teaching aid

  3. Alsoartificial aid mountaineering any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
  4. (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
  5. in aid of informal.
    in aid of in support of; for the purpose of

AID

2

abbreviation for

  1. acute infectious disease
  2. artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI)

Aid

3

combining form

  1. 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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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

He mentioned in particular that aid should focus on assistance for small businesses, among other things.

Forty percent claim they can’t last another six months without government aid, and it will be an arduous road to recovery for the rest.

However, that aid has to be distributed at a sustainable pace and I think some of the programs that were thought up for Afghanistan were too ambitious.

Republican leaders have suggesting trying to pass another PPP as a standalone bill while Democratic leaders believe aid to states is vital to stave off mass public sector layoffs.

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An ingenious invention originally meant to digitize bookkeeping, the software has enabled researchers and businesspeople to input infinite rows and columns of disparate data and then analyze the information with the aid of a computer.

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So working with the militants in order to deliver aid “becomes a requirement,” she said.

Think of it as a frequent buyer program for personal karma, or a spiritual band-aid.

In the Senate, the Democrats passed the budget 56-40 with the generous aid of 24 Republicans.

After all, smaller developing nations like Cameroon often depend on trade with and aid from the West.

Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.

Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.

England gladly seized the opportunity of injuring her enemy and sent aid to the people of Spain.

But once Austria was disposed of, Prussia and Russia met their punishment for having given her secret or open aid.

This province, having taken depositions in regard to it, with the aid of the said letter, adjudged Japon accordingly.

Therefore they charge the governor with concealing it; and all that is without the aid of authority to make investigation.

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