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assistance

  • noun
  • /əˈsɪs.təns/

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

Example

“He asked for technical assistance with the computer.”

Related words

  • coassistance
  • medication assisted treatment
  • nonassistance
  • teleassistance
  • anchimeric assistance
  • assistance animal
  • assistance dog
  • writ of assistance
  • public assistance
  • welfare assistance

Word history

From Latin "assistō" (to stand at).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “assistance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.