help
/hɛlp/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.75 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
Uncountable
noun
One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
Uncountable
noun
Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I need some help with my homework."
- "He was a great help to me when I was moving house."
- "I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image."
- "I've printed out a list of math helps."
- "In 1979 the Church published a Latter-day Saint edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English. Included in this edition were numerous helps to make a study of the scriptures more meaningful and rewarding."
- "The help is coming round this morning to clean."
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”), 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: help, *helpō, *ḱelb-, helpen, helpan, *helpan
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɛlp/
- British English: /hɛlp/
Usage
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Synonyms
see through
aid
assistance
assist
come to the aid of
help out
contribute to
abet
befriend
bestead
minister
come to someone's aid