Aide Meaning
/eɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
nounAn assistant.
nounAn officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
Sentence Examples
The aide suggested a change in tactics to him.
An aide told reporters, off the record, that the senator had been lying.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
None
CEFR Practice Quiz
The senator's personal ____ helped organize his schedule and meetings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The senator's ____ was busy answering phone calls from the public.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade."
— 1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:
"Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]"
— 2009 January 13, Michael Barbaro, Raymond Hernandez, “Sounding Like a Rival, Weiner Attacks Bloomberg”, in The New York Times:
Explore More B2 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
The senator's personal ____ helped organize his schedule and meetings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The senator's ____ was busy answering phone calls from the public.