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Meaning of assist in English

(Definition of assist from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of assist from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of assist

assist
On the assumption of four weavers (one master-weaver assisted by three assistants) per loom, the number of weavers ought to have been 12,892.
We found the visual display very useful in assisting the children identify favourite foods.
Thanks are due to all the nurses for maintaining the study and assisting the families involved throughout the study.
An overview of a system that assists a group of users to reach a joint decision on an online catalogue purchase was described.
Electronic portal image assisted reduction of systematic set-up errors in head and neck irradiation.
He also most generously assisted the author in securing copies of a number of the sources cited in this paper.
The presented architecture assists the knowledge engineer in establishing a proper framework for this type of formalisation.
The system assists users in making statements, abducing reasons, inferring conclusions and providing exceptions.
We have calculated separately the probability of exciting plasmons and electron-hole pairs in an inelastic electron scattering event assisted by multiphoton processes.
The book has a clearly defined argumentative thread assisted by an effort to cross-reference between chapters where possible.
Each component maintains a separate professional culture, assisted by their hyper-autonomy and lack of accountability.
A ' new category of assisted ' was emerging, the pensioners on fixed incomes and smallholders who could no longer afford a doctor's visit.
The work of accommodation agency services in some voluntary organisations, assisted by funding from government, provides the clearest example of market efficiency approaches.
A stiff estimation of the parameters assists the control system to avoid the stick-slip phenomenon.
Women assisted with identif ication of stressors and learned different cog nitive and behavioral techniques f or manag ing stress.
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Translations of assist

in Chinese (Traditional)
幫助, 協助, 援助…
in Chinese (Simplified)
帮助, 协助, 援助…
in Spanish
asistir, ayudar…
in Portuguese
ajudar, auxiliar, assistir…
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मदत करणे…
(~を)手伝う, 援助する, 手伝(てつだ)う…
yardım etmek…
aider, assister…
assistir, ajudar…
helpen…
உதவ…
मदद करना…
મદદ કરી…
hjælpe, assistere…
hjälpa, assistera…
membantu…
helfen…
hjelpe, assistere…
مد کرنا, تعاون کرنا…
допомагати…
помогать…
సహాయం చేయు…
يُساعِد…
সাহায্য করা…
asistovat, pomáhat…
membantu…
ช่วย…
hỗ trợ…
pomagać, służyć pomocą, asystować…
돕다…
assistere, aiutare…
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