assist
assist - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈsɪst/
- Hyphenation: as‧sist
Verb
assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)
- To help.
- This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
- Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
- (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
- (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
- (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
- A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
- (now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
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Noun
assist (plural assists)
- A helpful action or an act of giving.
- The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
- (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
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assist - Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈas.sist/, (careful style) /asˈsist/
- Hyphenation: às‧sist, (careful style) as‧sìst
Noun
assist m (invariable)
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assist - Swedish
Noun
assist c
- (sports) Make a pass that allows the own team to score (a goal).
Declension
Declension of assist | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | assist | assisten | assister | assisterna |
Genitive | assists | assistens | assisters | assisternas |