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Definitions for Assisting
[1] to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
[2] to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
[3] to give aid or help.
[4] to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
[5] Sports . Baseball . a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner. Basketball , Ice Hockey . a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal. the official credit scored for such plays.
[6] a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
[7] Machinery . an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use: a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
[8] to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid
[9] to work or act as an assistant or subordinate to (another)
[10] ice hockey to help (a team-mate) to score, as by passing the puck
[11] (intr foll by at ) archaic to be present; attend
[12] US and Canadian the act of helping; aid; assistance
[13] baseball the act of a player who throws or deflects a batted ball in such a way that a team is enabled to put out an opponent
[14] sport a pass or other action by a player which enables another player to score a goal a credit given for such an action
Words related to Assisting
assistancillary, assistant, auxiliary, subsidiary
Words nearby Assisting
assistassimilationism, assimilative, assiniboin, assiniboine, assisi, assist, assist-control ventilation, assistance, assistance dog, assistant, assistant professor
Origin of Assisting
1505–15; < Latin assistere to stand by, help, equivalent to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (variant of sta- stand) + -re infinitive suffix)
Other words from Assisting
as·sist·er ; Chiefly Law , as·sis·tor , noun
as·sist·ive , adjective
non·as·sist·er , noun
o·ver·as·sist , verb
re·as·sist , verb (used with object)
un·as·sist·ed , adjective
un·as·sist·ing , adjective
well-as·sist·ed , adjective
Word origin for Assisting
C15: from French assister to be present, from Latin assistere to stand by, from sistere to cause to stand, from stāre to stand