help

Signification

Noun

1. Action given to provide assistance; aid.
2. Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
3. Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
4. A study aid.
5. One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
6. Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.

Verb

1. To provide assistance to (someone or something).
2. To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
3. To contribute in some way to.
4. To provide assistance.
5. To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
6. To do something on the behalf of someone.

Intj

1. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance
2. A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɛlp/

Étymologie

From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälpe (“help”), West Frisian help (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), Low German Hülp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”), Norwegian hjelp (“help”).

Phrases

I can not help but feel that this topic is hopelessly outdated .

Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de penser que ce sujet est désespérément dépassé.

It didn't help that back then the empire was in the midst of a succession conflict .

Cela n'a pas aidé qu'à l'époque, l'Empire était au milieu d'un conflit de succession.

He enlisted Adrastus' help in attacking Thebes .

Il a enrôlé l'aide d'Adrastus à attaquer Thèbes.