assist

Syllables: as·sist/əˈsɪst/

assist verb: to help.

Verb

assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)

To help.
- This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
- Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
- A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
(archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
- I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 138
- To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.1967, The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8

Noun

assist (plural assists)

A helpful action or an act of giving.
- The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
- Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself.2016 January 1, David Hytner, “Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory”, in The Guardian
A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- He had two assists in the game.

assist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

assist in Hindi

to assist, help: सँभालना sambhālnā

assist in Tamil

உதவு, உறுதுணையாய் இரு, துணைசெய், துணையாயிரு, பங்குகொள், கைகொடு

assist in Urdu

مدد کرنا, معاونت کرنا, سنبھالنا

assist in Bengali

সহায়তা করা, সাহায্য করা, আনুকূল্য করা

More languagesFewer languages

assist in Malayalam: സഹായിക്കുക, പങ്കുകൊളളുക
assist in Kannada: ಸಹಾಯಮಾಡು, ಒತ್ತಾಸೆನೀಡು, ನೆರವಾಗು, ಬೆಂಬಲವಾಗು
assist in Sanskrit: हिनोति hinóti, संधा saṃdhā
assist in Vietnamese: trợ giúp, giúp, hỗ trợ

Examples of assist in a sentence

Despite zero goals and zero assists, she still stands out for carrying her team's defense.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
The center had 11 assists and 10 blocks tonight for a very unusual double double.

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Synonyms of assist

Antonyms

hinder
hurt

All synonyms and antonyms of assist

Forms of assist

Verb
third-person singular present	assists
present participle	assisting
past participle	assisted
past	assisted
Noun
plural	assists

Past tense of assist: assisted

Plural of assist: assists

Origin of assist

From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).

Words formed from assist

Phrases with assist

forward assist

Words that rhyme with assist

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Questions about assist

What does assist mean?: Assist means to help.
What is assist in Hindi?: Assist in Hindi is सँभालना (sambhālnā). See Assist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is assist?: Assist can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce assist?: Assist is pronounced /əˈsɪst/.
What is the past tense of assist?: The past tense of assist is assisted.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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