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help-seeker

help-seeker noun: one who seeks help.

Noun

help-seeker (plural help-seekers)

  1. One who seeks help.
    • Such matching of helpers and help-seekers is important in learning situations because the help-seeker and the helper may need to renegotiate their ways of viewing the task and the interaction before helping can proceed effectively.1995, Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, Norman Miller, Interaction in Cooperative Groups: The Theoretical Anatomy of Group Learning

Forms of help-seeker

pluralhelp-seekers

Words that rhyme with help-seeker

Questions about help-seeker

What does help-seeker mean?
Help-seeker means one who seeks help.
What part of speech is help-seeker?
Help-seeker is a noun.
What is the plural of help-seeker?
The plural of help-seeker is help-seekers.

Words near help-seeker in the dictionary

  1. help vampires
  2. help wanted
  3. help'd
  4. help-desk
  5. help-desks
  6. help-seeker
  7. help-seekers
  8. helpability
  9. helpable
  10. helpbook
  11. helpbooks

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