noun
Meaning 1
A helpful action or an act of giving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
assist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈsɪst/
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rhymes with -ɪst
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S IH1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of helping another player score points or goals
A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of helping another player score points or goals
A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- He had two assists in the game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To help.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
- Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, play
noun
Meaning 10
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aid, assistance, help
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: self-help, facilitation, hand, helping hand, recourse, resort, refuge, thanks, relief, succor, succour, ministration, lift, service, accommodation, boost, encouragement, comfort, support
verb
Meaning 11
act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work
Narrower terms: protect, abet
verb
Meaning 12
work for or be a servant to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- May I serve you?
- She attends the old lady in the wheelchair
- Can you wait on our table, please?
- Is a salesperson assisting you?
- The minister served the King for many years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: serve, attend to, wait on, attend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: help, assist, aid
Narrower terms: valet, fag
verb
Meaning 13
give help or assistance; be of service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Everyone helped out during the earthquake
- Can you help me carry this table?
- She never helps around the house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: help, aid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support, back up
Narrower terms: facilitate, ease, alleviate, serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist, benefact, help out, subserve, succor, succour, expedite, hasten, avail, care, give care, bootstrap
History
Etymology
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).
Across languages
Translations
109 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: асистенция (asistencija) — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Catalan: assistència — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Finnish: syöttö — statistical recognition of making a pass
- French: passe décisive — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Icelandic: stoðsending — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Italian: assistenza — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Italian: aiuto — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Portuguese: assistência — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Russian: результати́вная переда́ча (rezulʹtatívnaja peredáča) — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Russian: голево́й пас (golevój pas) — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Serbo-Croatian: asistencija — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Swedish: assist — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Turkish: asist — statistical recognition of making a pass
- Dutch: assist — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Finnish: syöttö — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Finnish: maalisyöttö — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- German: Vorlage — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- German: Torvorlage — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- German: partially also Torschussvorlage — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Italian: assist — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Japanese: アシスト (ashisuto) — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Korean: 어시스트 (eosiseuteu) — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Polish: asysta — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Turkish: asist — (soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal
- Armenian: օգնել (ōgnel) — help
- Belarusian: памага́ць (pamahácʹ) — help
- Belarusian: памагчы́ (pamahčý) — help
- Belarusian: дапамага́ць (dapamahácʹ) — help
- Belarusian: дапамагчы́ (dapamahčý) — help
- Belarusian: спрыя́ць (spryjácʹ) — help
- Belarusian: паспрыя́ць (paspryjácʹ) — help
- Bulgarian: помагам (pomagam) — help
- Bulgarian: съдействам (sǎdejstvam) — help
- Chichewa: kuthándiza — help
- Chinese Mandarin: 幫 /帮 (bāng) — help
- Chinese Mandarin: 幫助 /帮助 (bāngzhù) — help
- Chinese Mandarin: 協助 /协助 (xiézhù) — help
- Chinese Mandarin: 辅助 (fǔ zhù) — help
- Czech: pomáhat — help
- Czech: asistovat — help
- Dutch: assisteren — help
- Dutch: bijstaan — help
- Esperanto: asisti — help
- Finnish: auttaa — help
- Finnish: avustaa — help
- French: assister — help
- French: aider — help
- Georgian: დახმარება (daxmareba) — help
- German: assistieren — help
- German: helfen — help
- German: beistehen — help
- German: unterstützen — help
- Greek: βοηθώ (voïthó) — help
- Ancient Greek: συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō) — help
- Ancient Greek: βοηθέω (boēthéō) — help
- Hiligaynon: abáng-ábang — help
- Italian: assistere — help
- Italian: aiutare — help
- Japanese: 手伝う (tetsudau) — help
- Korean: 돕다 (dopda) — help
- Latin: iuvō — help
- Latin: adiuvō — help
- Latin: auxilior — help
- Latin: subvenio — help
- Latin: opitulor — help
- Māori: āwhina — help
- Māori: whakamahiri — help
- Māori: whakahirihiri — help
- Nahuatl: macoa — help
- Polish: pomóc — help
- Polish: pomagać — help
- Polish: asystować — help
- Portuguese: assistir — help
- Portuguese: prestar assistência — help
- Portuguese: ajudar — help
- Romanian: asista — help
- Romanian: ajuta — help
- Russian: помога́ть (pomogátʹ) — help
- Russian: помо́чь (pomóčʹ) — help
- Russian: соде́йствовать (sodéjstvovatʹ) — help
- Russian: посоде́йствовать (posodéjstvovatʹ) — help
- Russian: спосо́бствовать (sposóbstvovatʹ) — help
- Russian: поспосо́бствовать (posposóbstvovatʹ) — help
- Russian: ассисти́ровать (assistírovatʹ) — help
- Spanish: ayudar — help
- Spanish: asistir — help
- Swedish: assistera — help
- Swedish: hjälpa — help
- Swedish: bistå (med hjälp) — help
- Swedish: stödja — help
- Ukrainian: допомага́ти (dopomaháty) — help
- Ukrainian: допомогти́ (dopomohtý) — help
- Ukrainian: сприя́ти (spryjáty) — help
- Ukrainian: посприя́ти (pospryjáty) — help
- Vietnamese: trợ giúp — help
- Vietnamese: giúp — help
- Vietnamese: hỗ trợ — help
- Zazaki: peşti (diq) — help
- Bulgarian: асистирам (asistiram) — to make a pass in a sport
- Dutch: voorzetten — to make a pass in a sport
- Dutch: een voorzet geven — to make a pass in a sport
- Finnish: syöttää — to make a pass in a sport
- German: vorlegen — to make a pass in a sport
- Greek: δίνω ασίστ (díno asíst) — to make a pass in a sport
- Japanese: アシストする (ashisuto suru) — to make a pass in a sport
- Korean: 어시스트하다 (eosiseuteuhada) — to make a pass in a sport
- Spanish: asistir — to make a pass in a sport
- Swedish: göra en assist — to make a pass in a sport
- Turkish: asist — to make a pass in a sport
Real reading context