Definitions for assistance
əˈsɪs tənsas·sis·tance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aid, assist, assistance, helpnoun

   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"

2. aid, assistance, helpnoun

   a resource

   "visual aids in teaching"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. assistancenoun

   Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

2. Etymology: assistance, from assistentia, from assisto.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assistancenoun

   Help; furtherance.

   Etymology: assistance, French.

   The council of Trent commends recourse, not only to the prayers of the saints, but to their aid and assistance: What doth this aid and assistance signify? Edward Stillingfleet.

   You have abundant assistances for this knowledge, in excellent books. William Wake, Preparation for Death.

   Let us entreat this necessary assistance, that by his grace he would lead us. John Rogers.

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1. assistance

   Assistance refers to the act of helping or providing support or aid to someone, typically in accomplishing a task or overcoming a problem or difficulty. It can take various forms such as financial aid, physical help, or professional advice or guidance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assistancenoun

   the act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support

2. Assistancenoun

   an assistant or helper; a body of helpers

3. Assistancenoun

   persons present

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. assistance.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. assistance

   Aid or help: strongly enjoined to be given whenever a signal is made requiring it.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assistance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2346

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assistance' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3866

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assistance' in Nouns Frequency: #1049

How to pronounce assistance?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say assistance in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assistance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assistance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of assistance in a Sentence

1. Bryant Walker:

   There wasn't great coordination among the in-vehicle system, this remote monitoring capacity of the operator on the line and the on-ground assistance.

2. Jesus Seade:

   Their business is cooperation, assistance, disbursement of funds and reporting to the big interagency committee.

3. Adam Lisberg:

   We congratulate the winners and will be happy to work with any of them with hardware, software or technical assistance to help these exciting ideas come to life.

4. Mahmoud Abbas:

   We need the economy and we need the money. And practically, we need aid, but before everything, there should be a political solution. When there is a political solution, when we see a state of Palestine along the 1967 borderline, then we can say' Dear world, come to assist, we are ready to receive assistance.'.

5. His Republican opponent:

   There’s no debate with respect to pre-existing conditions, people want to help those that need assistance the most, so he’s come up with this fake issue, this scare.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=assistance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assistance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=assistance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistance
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=assistance