assist
/əˈsɪst/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To help.
verb
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
Example Sentences
- "This book will assist you in getting your life in order."
- "Tutor feedback assists the learning process."
- "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."
- "A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion."
- "I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies."
- "To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation."
Etymology
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).