help

CEFRA1

/ˈhɛlp/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make it easier for someone to do something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Assistance given to someone.

Examples

  • There's quite a lot of things to do; do you want some help?

  • Sometimes I can't help showing emotions.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhɛʊ̯p/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.

  2. Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Action given to provide assistance; aid.

More examples

In context

  • Thank you for all your help.

  • He was a great help to me when I was moving house.

  • I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

verb

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”), Cimbrian hölfe (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Luxembourgish Hëllef (“help”), Mòcheno hilf (“help”), Vilamovian hyłf (“help”), Yiddish הילף (hilf, “help”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálp (“help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelp (“help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelp, hjølp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”).