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'elp

'elp is the pronunciation spelling of help.

Meaning of help

Verb

help (third-person singular simple present helps, present participle helping, simple past helped or (archaic) holp, past participle helped or (archaic) holp or (archaic) holpen)

  1. (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
    • He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
  2. (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
    • It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.
  3. (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
    • The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
    Synonyms:
    contribute to
  4. (intransitive) To provide assistance.
    • She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
    Synonyms:
    assist
  5. (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
    • We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.
  6. (Hong-Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
    • Can you help me buy some groceries?

See all 15 meanings of help

Forms of 'elp

third-person singular present'elps
present participle'elping
past participle'elped
past'elped

Questions about 'elp

What is 'elp the pronunciation spelling of?
'elp is the pronunciation spelling of help.

Words near 'elp in the dictionary

  1. 'Eid ul-Adha
  2. 'Eid ul-Fitr
  3. 'eld
  4. 'ello
  5. 'ello guv'nor
  6. 'elp
  7. 'em
  8. 'emselves
  9. 'er
  10. 'er indoors
  11. 'erb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'elp (page history and authors); help (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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