Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assisting

/əˈsɪstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: as-sist-ing
IPA: /əˈsɪstɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of assist

noun

assistance; help given

adj

Helpful; auxiliary (to).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] through atonement for sin by the death of Christ the world has been blessed with a dispensation of helping influences — the gracious and altogether sufficient assistings of the Holy Ghost."
"In the meantime, he plainly perceived that she would not stoop to be directly assisting to his views on Laura."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

assistings (plural) more assisting (comparative) most assisting (superlative)

Derived Forms

unassisting

Rhymes With

existing listing consisting resisting insisting twisting enlisting preexisting persisting coexisting delisting

Questions

How do you pronounce assisting?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɪstɪŋ/.
What does assisting mean?: present participle and gerund of assist

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