assist
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
Other meanings
To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
“A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.”
Synonyms
- help
- aid
Related words
- electroassisted
- medication-assisted treatment
- nonassisted
- photoassisted
- unassisted
- assistor
- fan-assisted oven
- overassist
- assister
- assistive
- coassist
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "assistō" (stand at, bestand).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “assist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.