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assist::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aid, help |
| Type of | back up, support |
| Has types | care, ease, expedite, facilitate, give care, hasten, succour, help out, succor, serve, subserve, attend to, avail, benefact, bootstrap, alleviate, wait on, attend |
| Derivation | assistance, assistant, assistive |
assist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aid, assistance, help |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | thanks, boost, comfort, encouragement, facilitation, hand, helping hand, lift, ministration, recourse, refuge, relief, resort, self-help, service, succor, succour, support, accommodation |
he gave me an assist with the housework.
could not walk without assistance.
Examples of assist
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She had the lone assist in a 1-1 tie against Lenoir-Rhyne in the following game.
From the news-journalonline.com
Perry managed an assist on the Ducks last goal, after a postgame scoring change.
From the sacbee.com
In five minutes of action, Peterson scored four points and dished out an assist.
From the kansas.com
He also recorded an assist to help the Senators snap a three-game losing streak.
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Lademann scored six goals and had one assist in 17 games, including nine starts.
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Drew Stafford and Tim Connolly each registered a goal and an assist for Buffalo.
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Sophomore setter Abby Fesl handed out 39 assist while Jenni Mueller had 23 digs.
From the dailyherald.com
King Wen knew a state would not run well without virtuous persons to assist him.
From the theepochtimes.com
Kopitar's assist gave him points in five straight games and nine of his last 10.
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- Aid: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"
- Help: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
- (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
- Act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
- Serve: work for or be a servant to; "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"
- (assistance) aid: a resource; "visual aids in teaching"
- In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. ...
- In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. There is some judgment involved in deciding whether a passer should be credited with an assist. ...
- ASSIST (the Assembler System for Student Instruction and Systems Teaching) is an IBM System/370-compatible assembler and interpreter developed in the 1970s at Penn State University by John Mashey and a group of Mashey's student assistants. ...
