assist
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- //əˈsɪst//
To help.
verb
- 1
To help.
This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.
- 2
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
- 3
To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
- 4
archaicTo stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
- 5
archaicTo be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.
To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin assistō Old French assisterbor. Middle English assisten English assist From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
noun
- 1
A helpful action or an act of giving.
The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
- 2
The act of helping another player score points or goals 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.
- 3
The act of helping another player score points or goals A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
He had two assists in the game.
Forms
- plural
- assists
- past tense
- assisted
- past participle
- assisted
- present participle
- assisting
- third person singular
- assists