help
Meaning
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- Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- A study aid.
- One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
Synonyms
give aid
be of service
take part in
give a hand
be kind to
be charitable to
mutual aid
do a good turn
help on
toss in
be concerned
be of use
conducive to
do good to
give a helping hand
give help
give life
Help
help to
hired man
rescue from danger
accessorine
give relief
give relief to
friend in need
conveniency
bow-leg
render aid
give support to
give support
lean upon
carry carefully
give assistance to
handle gently
make things easier
to patronize
render help to
witness for
give somebody a hand
lend one’s assistance
that which assists
benefact
leg-up
do instead of
bow-detsera [h
be of assistance
of service
helping one another
aid money
go along to
neighborly help
neighbourly help
support foster
bolster up
bring through
do good
enhance
financial aid
financial assistance
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛlp/
Etymology
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”).
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