assist

English Online Dictionary. What means assist‎? What does assist mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɪst/
• Hyphenation: as‧sist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

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

1. To help.
2. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
3. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
4. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).

5. (now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
   • 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:

     To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.

Derived terms

Related terms

• assistant
• assistance

Translations

Noun

assist (plural assists)

1. A helpful action or an act of giving.

2. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
   1. (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
   2. (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• asisst, stasis, Stassi, sistas, -stasis

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English assist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.sist/, (careful style) /asˈsist/
• Rhymes: -assist, (careful style) -ist
• Hyphenation: às‧sist, (careful style) as‧sìst

Noun

assist m (invariable)

1. (sports) assist

References

Anagrams

• Stassi

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English assist.

Noun

assist c

1. (sports) Make a pass that allows the own team to score (a goal).

Declension