aid
see also: AID
Pronunciation Noun
AID
Proper noun
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see also: AID
Pronunciation Noun
aid
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- He came to my aid when I was foundering.
- An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0029 ↗:
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- Bible, Book of Tobit viii. 6
- It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
- Bible, Book of Tobit viii. 6
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, legal) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
- The incompetent general's brilliant aid often made priceless suggestions.
- French: aide
- German: Hilfe
- Italian: aiuto
- Portuguese: ajuda, auxílio, socorro
- Russian: по́мощь
- Spanish: ayuda, auxilio
- French: aide
- German: Helfer
- Italian: aiutante
- Portuguese: ajudante, auxiliar
- Russian: помощник
- Spanish: ayudante, asistente
- French: aide
- German: Hilfe, Hilfsmittel
- Italian: aiuto
- Portuguese: ajuda, auxílio
- Spanish: remedio, recurso
- French: aide
aid (aids, present participle aiding; past and past participle aided)
- (transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene iii]:
- You speedy helpers […] Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
- (climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
- 1979, American Alpine Journal (page 193)
- Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.
- 1979, American Alpine Journal (page 193)
- assist
- befriend
- bestand
- cooperate
- help
- promote
- relieve
- succor
- support
- sustain
- See also Thesaurus:help or Thesaurus:serve
- French: aider
- German: helfen
- Italian: aiutare
- Portuguese: ajudar, auxiliar
- Russian: помога́ть
- Spanish: ayudar
AID
Proper noun
- Initialism of Agency for International Development
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