Assist Meaning
/əˈsɪst/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo help.
verbTo make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
Sentence Examples
The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.
I would like you to assist me with my gardening.
Anyone willing to assist can contact this number.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Volunteers will ____ the elderly residents with their grocery shopping every Saturday morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Can anyone please ____ me with these very heavy bags of groceries?.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin assistō Old French assisterbor. Middle English assisten English assist From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials."
— 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
"I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies."
— 1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 138:
"Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself."
— 2016 January 1, David Hytner, “Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Volunteers will ____ the elderly residents with their grocery shopping every Saturday morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Can anyone please ____ me with these very heavy bags of groceries?.