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helping

/ˈhɛlpɪŋ/

helping noun: the act of giving aid or assistance (to). Also the present participle and gerund of help.

Noun

helping (countable and uncountable, plural helpings)

  1. The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
    • She finds great joy in helping people.
  2. (countable) A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
    • She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
  3. (countable, figuratively) An amount or quantity.
    • Wayne Rooney marked his England return with the goal that secured a place in Euro 2012's last eight - but it was a rough passage eased by helpings of good fortune and controversy against Ukraine.2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport

Also used as

helping is also the present participle and gerund of help.

helping meaning in Marathi and Kannada

helping in Marathi

मदत करत आहे

helping in Kannada

ನೆರವಾಗುವುದು

Examples of helping in a sentence

  • Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?
  • "Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."
  • Even three giant helpings of turkey and ham didn't satisfy her appetite.

All 40 example sentences with helping

Forms of helping

pluralhelpings

Plural of helping: helpings

Origin of helping

From Middle English helping, helpinge, helpynge, equivalent to help + -ing.

From Middle English helpinge, helpynge, helpinde, helponde, helpand, from Old English helpende, present participle of Old English helpan (“to help”), equivalent to help + -ing. Cognate with Dutch helpend, German helfend, Swedish hjälpande.

Words formed from helping

Phrases with helping

Words that rhyme with helping

Questions about helping

What does helping mean?
Helping means the act of giving aid or assistance (to).
What is helping in Marathi?
Helping in Marathi is मदत करत आहे. See Helping meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is helping?
Helping is a noun.
How do you pronounce helping?
Helping is pronounced /ˈhɛlpɪŋ/.
What is the plural of helping?
The plural of helping is helpings.

Words near helping in the dictionary

  1. helpfulness
  2. helpfulnesses
  3. helpier
  4. helpiest
  5. helpiness
  6. helping
  7. helping a lame dog over a stile
  8. helping along
  9. helping hand
  10. helping hands
  11. helping oneself

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: helping (page history and authors); helping (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); helping (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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