assistance
UK/əˈsɪs.təns/
assistance noun: aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
Noun
assistance (usually uncountable, plural assistances)
assistance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
assistance in Hindi
- aid; help; the act or result of assisting
- मदद madad, सहायता sahāytā, इमदाद imdād
assistance in Tamil
- உதவி, துணைமை
assistance in Marathi
- aid; help; the act or result of assisting
- सहाय्य sahāyya, मदत madat
assistance in Urdu
- aid; help; the act or result of assisting
- مَدَد madad, اِمْداد imdād, کُمَک kumak
More languagesFewer languages
- assistance in Bengali
- সাহায্য śahajjo, মদদ modod
- assistance in Telugu
- సహాయము sahāyamu
- assistance in Malayalam
- തുണ
- assistance in Kannada
- ಸಹಾಯ sahāya
- assistance in Gujarati
- મદદ madad
- assistance in Sanskrit
- उपकार upakāra
- assistance in Arabic
- مُسَاعَدَة musāʕada, إِمْدَاد ʔimdād
- assistance in Thai
- ความช่วยเหลือ kwaam-chûai-lʉ̌ʉa
- assistance in Vietnamese
- sự giúp đỡ
Examples of assistance in a sentence
- She could not have finished the project without his assistance.
- The program provides legal assistance to immigrants.
- Ellis (1977) suggested that the oldest and best-selling self-help text was the Bible, a document developed without the assistance of mental health professionals.2015, Gerald M. Rosen, Russell E. Glasgow, Timothy E. Moore, Manuel Barrera Jr., “9. Self-Help Therapy: Recent Developments in the Science...
Forms of assistance
| plural | assistances |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | assistaunce |
Origin of assistance
From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“to stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance.
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Phrases with assistance
Words that rhyme with assistance
Questions about assistance
- What does assistance mean?
- Assistance means aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
- What is assistance in Hindi?
- Assistance in Hindi is मदद (madad), सहायता (sahāytā), इमदाद (imdād). See Assistance meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use assistance in a sentence?
- She could not have finished the project without his assistance.
- What part of speech is assistance?
- Assistance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce assistance?
- Assistance is pronounced /əˈsɪs.təns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of assistance?
- The plural of assistance is assistances.
Words near assistance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assistance (page history and authors); assistance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assistance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಸಹಾಯ (Kannada) (page history and authors); મદદ (Gujarati) (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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