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aid¹

  • /eɪd/ UK

Sounds like aide · Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adiūtō, adiūtāre (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto.

noun aids · aide · ayde

  1. uncountable Help; assistance; succor, relief. He came to my aid when I was foundering.
  2. countable A helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe.
  3. countable Something which helps; a material source of help. Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.
  4. UK, countable An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort. In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.
  5. UK, countable An exchequer loan.
  6. countable A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
  7. alternative, countable Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).aide Suddenly, the general's aid entered the room and walked in a straight line, coming to a halt in front of the desk, standing at attention, waiting for the general to recognize him, allowing the aid to speak.
  8. countable, in plural The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.

aid²

  • /eɪd/ UK

Sounds like aide · Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From Middle English aiden, from Old French eider, aider, aidier, from Latin adiuto, frequentative of adiuvō (“assist”, verb).

verb aids · aiding · aided

  1. transitive To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. You speedy helpers […] Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
  2. To climb with the use of aids such as pitons. Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.

Similar: assist, befriend, bestand, cooperate, help, promote, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain, serve

AID³

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of artificial insemination by donor.artificial insemination by donor Here is the first book to thoroughly look at topics such as the social and personal aspects of lesbian motherhood; the implications of AID; and how children feel about growing up with lesbian mothers.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Agency for International Development.Agency for International Development The first such title, according to a review by Christopher Sagers, a law professor at Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, was the 1950 Act for International Development, or AID.

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