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verb (used with object)
1.
to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
2.
to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
verb (used without object)
3.
to give aid or help.
4.
to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
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Assisted
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
5.
Sports.
a.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
b.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
c.
the official credit scored for such plays.
6.
a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
7.
Machinery. an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use: a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
Origin:
1505–15; < Latin assistere to stand by, help, equivalent to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (variant of sta- stand) + -re infinitive suffix)
1505–15; < Latin assistere to stand by, help, equivalent to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (variant of sta- stand) + -re infinitive suffix)
Related forms
as·sist·er; Chiefly Law, as·sis·tor, noun
as·sist·ive, adjective
non·as·sist·er, noun
o·ver·as·sist, verb
re·as·sist, verb (used with object)
EXPANDAntonyms
1. hinder, frustrate.
1. hinder, frustrate.
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| assisted | |
adjective | |
| having help; often used as a combining form [ant: unassisted] |
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