"assist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈsɪst/ Audio: en-us-assist.ogg Forms: assists [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assisten}} Middle English assisten, {{der|en|fro|assister|t=to assist, to attend}} Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), {{der|en|la|assistō|pos=verb|t=stand at, bestand}} Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} assist (plural assists)
  1. A helpful action or an act of giving.
    Sense id: en-assist-en-noun-ypEvwfbX
  2. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
    (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
    Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Sports Translations ((soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal): assist [masculine] (Dutch), syöttö (Finnish), maalisyöttö (Finnish), Vorlage [feminine] (German), Torvorlage [feminine] (German), partially also Torschussvorlage [feminine] (German), assist [masculine] (Italian), asysta [feminine] (Polish), asist (Turkish) Translations (statistical recognition of making a pass): асистенция (asistencija) (Bulgarian), assistència [feminine] (Catalan), syöttö (Finnish), passe décisive [feminine] (French), stoðsending [feminine] (Icelandic), assistenza [feminine] (Italian), aiuto [masculine] (Italian), assistência [feminine] (Portuguese), результати́вная переда́ча (rezulʹtatívnaja peredáča) [feminine] (Russian), голево́й пас (golevój pas) [masculine] (Russian), asistencija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), assist [common-gender] (Swedish), asist (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-assist-en-noun-RuKjkZTe Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of '(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal': 3 79 18 Disambiguation of 'statistical recognition of making a pass': 4 92 4
  3. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
    (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
    Categories (topical): Baseball, Sports
    Sense id: en-assist-en-noun-9Q-DyNyg Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aim assist, assistful, assistless, gravitational assist, gravity assist, power assist, roadside assist, touch assist, video assist

Verb

IPA: /əˈsɪst/ Audio: en-us-assist.ogg Forms: assists [present, singular, third-person], assisting [participle, present], assisted [participle, past], assisted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assisten}} Middle English assisten, {{der|en|fro|assister|t=to assist, to attend}} Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), {{der|en|la|assistō|pos=verb|t=stand at, bestand}} Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)
  1. To help. Translations (help): συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō) (Ancient Greek), βοηθέω (boēthéō) (Ancient Greek), օգնել (ōgnel) (Armenian), памага́ць (pamahácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), памагчы́ (pamahčý) [perfective] (Belarusian), дапамага́ць (dapamahácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), дапамагчы́ (dapamahčý) [perfective] (Belarusian), спрыя́ць (spryjácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), паспрыя́ць (paspryjácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), помагам (pomagam) (Bulgarian), съдействам (sǎdejstvam) (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (bāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 幫助 (Chinese Mandarin), 帮助 (bāngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 協助 (Chinese Mandarin), 协助 (xiézhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 辅助 (fǔ zhù) (Chinese Mandarin), pomáhat (Czech), asistovat (Czech), assisteren (Dutch), bijstaan (Dutch), asisti (Esperanto), auttaa (Finnish), avustaa (Finnish), assister (French), aider (French), დახმარება (daxmareba) (Georgian), assistieren (German), helfen (German), beistehen (German), unterstützen (German), βοηθώ (voïthó) (Greek), abáng-ábang (Hiligaynon), assistere (Italian), aiutare (Italian), 手伝う (tetsudau) (Japanese), 돕다 (dopda) (Korean), iuvō (Latin), adiuvō (Latin), auxilior (Latin), subvenio (Latin), opitulor (Latin), āwhina (Maori), whakamahiri (Maori), whakahirihiri (Maori), macoa (Nahuatl), pomóc [perfective] (Polish), pomagać [imperfective] (Polish), asystować [imperfective] (Polish), assistir (Portuguese), prestar assistência (Portuguese), ajudar (Portuguese), asista (Romanian), ajuta (Romanian), помога́ть (pomogátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), помо́чь (pomóčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), соде́йствовать (sodéjstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), посоде́йствовать (posodéjstvovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), спосо́бствовать (sposóbstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поспосо́бствовать (posposóbstvovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ассисти́ровать (assistírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ayudar (Spanish), asistir (Spanish), assistera (Swedish), hjälpa (Swedish), bistå (med hjälp) (Swedish), stödja (Swedish), допомага́ти (dopomaháty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), допомогти́ (dopomohtý) [perfective] (Ukrainian), сприя́ти (spryjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), посприя́ти (pospryjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), trợ giúp (Vietnamese), giúp (Vietnamese), hỗ trợ (Vietnamese), peşti (diq) [neuter] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-assist-en-verb-STrJpe33 Disambiguation of 'help': 85 0 15 0 0
  2. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. Categories (topical): Sports, Ice hockey Translations (to make a pass in a sport): асистирам (asistiram) (Bulgarian), voorzetten (Dutch), een voorzet geven (Dutch), syöttää (Finnish), vorlegen (German), δίνω ασίστ (díno asíst) (Greek), 어시스트 (eosiseuteu) (Korean), asistir (Spanish), göra en assist (Swedish), asist (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-assist-en-verb-tYv6Zw5y Disambiguation of Ice hockey: 1 15 21 0 39 23 1 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hiligaynon translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Nahuatl translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Zazaki translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 13 1 45 26 1 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 7 8 3 60 15 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 12 14 3 42 22 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 8 11 2 46 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 7 11 11 3 39 20 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 4 13 12 3 45 18 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 11 11 3 46 18 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 14 15 2 45 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 12 11 3 45 20 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 11 11 5 45 17 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 10 10 3 49 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 12 12 5 46 16 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 4 13 12 3 45 18 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 10 11 3 47 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 10 11 5 44 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hiligaynon translations: 4 11 11 3 47 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 10 10 3 49 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 10 10 3 49 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 10 10 3 49 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 10 10 3 47 20 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Nahuatl translations: 4 10 10 3 48 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 11 12 4 44 17 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 15 11 3 44 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 10 10 3 49 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 4 12 11 3 46 19 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 10 11 4 47 20 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 11 11 3 47 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 11 11 3 47 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 5 11 11 3 46 19 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 4 12 11 3 46 19 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 4 10 10 3 49 19 2 2 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to make a pass in a sport': 0 88 11 1 1
  3. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-assist-en-verb-oDWb9q6q Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-assist-en-verb-v1P4crYV
  5. (now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-assist-en-verb-xdESmV5~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: assist, chip in [idiomatic], help, help out, muck in [idiomatic], pitch in [idiomatic] Related terms: assistant, assistance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "sǎdejstvam",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "幫"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bāng",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "帮"
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          "sense": "help",
          "word": "協助"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiézhù",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "协助"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǔ zhù",
          "sense": "help",
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          "sense": "help",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "help",
          "word": "auttaa"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "help",
          "word": "avustaa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "help",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "help",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daxmareba",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "დახმარება"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "assistieren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "helfen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "beistehen"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "unterstützen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "voïthó",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "βοηθώ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sullambánō",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "συλλαμβάνω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "boēthéō",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "βοηθέω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "abáng-ábang"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "assistere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "aiutare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tetsudau",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "手伝う"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dopda",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "돕다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "iuvō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "adiuvō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "auxilior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "subvenio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "opitulor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "āwhina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "whakamahiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "whakahirihiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "macoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 15 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pomóc"
        },
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      "sense": "help",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "auttaa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "help",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assistere"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "aiutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tetsudau",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "手伝う"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dopda",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "돕다"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "iuvō"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "auxilior"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "subvenio"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "āwhina"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "whakamahiri"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "whakahirihiri"
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      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "macoa"
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      "sense": "help",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "help",
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      "word": "asystować"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "prestar assistência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "ajudar"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "asista"
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "ajuta"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "посоде́йствовать"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sposóbstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "спосо́бствовать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "assistírovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "ассисти́ровать"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "ayudar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "asistir"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "help",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "help",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "bistå (med hjälp)"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "stödja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "dopomaháty",
      "sense": "help",
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        "imperfective"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "spryjáty",
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        "imperfective"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "pospryjáty",
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        "perfective"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "trợ giúp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "help",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "help",
      "word": "hỗ trợ"
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      "code": "zza",
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      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "word": "δίνω ασίστ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eosiseuteu",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
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}

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "asistencija",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "word": "асистенция"
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
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      ],
      "word": "assistència"
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "word": "syöttö"
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "assistência"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezulʹtatívnaja peredáča",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "результати́вная переда́ча"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golevój pas",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
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      "word": "assist"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "word": "asist"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "assist"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "word": "syöttö"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "word": "maalisyöttö"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorlage"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Torvorlage"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "partially also Torschussvorlage"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "assist"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asysta"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "word": "asist"
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}

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