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assist
- /əˈsɪst/
Rhymes with -ɪst
Where it comes from
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).
verb assists · assisting · assisted
- To help. This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
- To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
- To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
- To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion). A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
- To be present (at an event, occasion etc.). I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.
noun assists
- A helpful action or an act of giving. The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
- 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.
- A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. He had two assists in the game.
