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How to pronounce help in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms assistant, helper, supporter
Type of worker
Has types auxiliary, bat boy, birthing coach, cat's-paw, chief assistant, coadjutor, confederate, dental assistant, deputy, doula, dresser, enforcer, event planner, facilitator, actor's assistant, aide, attendant, attender, fashion model, flower girl, foot soldier, girl friday, hatchet man, instrument, labor coach, lieutenant, man friday, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, monitrice, paraprofessional, pawn, poser, powder monkey, prompter, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, subordinate, subsidiary, tender, theater prompter, underboss, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in, accomplice


they hired additional help to finish the work.
Type Words
Synonyms avail, service
Type of helpfulness


there's no help for it.
Type Words
Synonyms aid
Type of amend, ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
Has types heal, bring around, benefit, cure, do good


These pills will help the patient.
Type Words
Synonyms aid, assist
Type of support, back up
Has types bootstrap, facilitate, care, serve, hasten, wait on, succor, help out, benefact, subserve, give care, succour, expedite, ease, alleviate, assist, attend, attend to, avail
Derivation helper


Everyone helped out during the earthquake.
Can you help me carry this table?.
She never helps around the house.
Type Words
Synonyms aid, assistance
Type of resource
Type Words
Synonyms aid, assist, assistance
Type of activity
Has types succor, service, accommodation, self-help, resort, relief, refuge, recourse, ministration, lift, helping hand, hand, facilitation, encouragement, comfort, boost, thanks, succour, support


offered his help in unloading.
Type Words
Synonyms help oneself
Type of refrain, forbear


I can't help myself--I have to smoke.
She could not help watching the sad spectacle.
Type Words
Synonyms facilitate
Type of serve


This will help to prevent accidents.
Type Words
Synonyms serve
Type of provide, ply, cater, supply
Verb group dish, serve up, dish out, serve, dish up
Derivation helping


I served him three times, and after that he helped himself.
Type Words
Synonyms avail
Type of exploit, work


She helped herself to some of the office supplies.
Type Words
Type of boost, encourage, promote, advance, further
Derivation helper


This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries.
Type Words
Type of improve, meliorate, ameliorate, amend, better


New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture.

Examples of help

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Everyone who enjoys eating out now has the opportunity to help Hillsboro School.
From the tennessean.com
The Packers finally signed him in late October to help ease their injury issues.
From the tennessean.com
One of its major goals is to de-stigmatize depression and those seeking of help.
From the dailyherald.com
Weighing all the data will help you decide whether the Humidex is right for you.
From the dailyherald.com
The Batavia library has graciously donated a cake to help celebrate the exhibit.
From the dailyherald.com
Arizona's incoming state Senate president has rejected billions in federal help.
From the abcnews.go.com
He would help himself by addressing the topic of his contract status graciously.
From the stltoday.com
I didn't expect the Cardinals to make a dramatic, expensive move for bench help.
From the stltoday.com
It could help reduce costly competition among area cities for jobs and tax base.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
  • Aid: a resource; "visual aids in teaching"
  • Be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"
  • Avail: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
  • Help (styled as HELP) is a six-part Australian documentary series is broadcast on SBS One that takes you inside the real-life events that Ambulance officers and paramedics face every day while on the job. Since 2010, the program is currently airing on Tuesday afternoons at 3pm.
  • "Help" is the fourth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  • In computing, help is a command in various command line shells such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS/4NT, Windows PowerShell, Bash, Singularity shell, Python and GNU Octave. It provides online information about available commands and the shell environment. It is analogous to the Unix man command.