"assist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈsɪst/ Audio: en-us-assist.ogg [US] 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': 4 78 17 Disambiguation of 'statistical recognition of making a pass': 21 60 19
  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 [US] 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': 71 4 25 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: 11 15 26 5 37 3 2 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 13 16 8 46 5 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 12 19 13 36 8 1 1 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to make a pass in a sport': 4 93 2 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] Derived forms: assister, assistive, coassist Related terms: assistant, assistance

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "code": "de",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "voïthó",
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          "sense": "help",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "aiutare"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tetsudau",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "手伝う"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dopda",
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          "word": "돕다"
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          "word": "auxilior"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "subvenio"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "opitulor"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "āwhina"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "whakamahiri"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "whakahirihiri"
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        {
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          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "macoa"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "help",
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          "word": "pomóc"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "help",
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          "word": "pomagać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "asystować"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "assistir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "prestar assistência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "ajudar"
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        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "asista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "help",
          "word": "ajuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomogátʹ",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "помога́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomóčʹ",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "помо́чь"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sodéjstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "соде́йствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "posodéjstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "посоде́йствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sposóbstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "help",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "спосо́бствовать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 25 0 0",
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪst",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪst/2 syllables",
    "en:Ice hockey"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "assister"
    },
    {
      "word": "assistive"
    },
    {
      "word": "coassist"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "assisten"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "assister",
        "t": "to assist, to attend"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "assistō",
        "pos": "verb",
        "t": "stand at, bestand"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "assists",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "assisting",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "assisted",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    "as‧sist"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "assistant"
    },
    {
      "word": "assistance"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This book will assist you in getting your life in order.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Tutor feedback assists the learning process.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To help."
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        [
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy."
      ],
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion."
        }
      ],
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        "To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion)."
      ],
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          "stand"
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      ],
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        "(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion)."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 138",
          "text": "I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation."
        }
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        "To be present (at an event, occasion etc.)."
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          "at#English"
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        "(now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.)."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/əˈsɪst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪst"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-assist.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-assist.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:assist",
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:assist",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "chip in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:assist",
      "word": "help"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:assist",
      "word": "help out"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:assist",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "muck in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:assist",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "pitch in"
    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōgnel",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "օգնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pamahácʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "памага́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pamahčý",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "памагчы́"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dapamahácʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "дапамага́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dapamahčý",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дапамагчы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spryjácʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спрыя́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paspryjácʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "паспрыя́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pomagam",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "помагам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎdejstvam",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "съдействам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "幫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāng",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "帮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "幫助"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāngzhù",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "帮助"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "協助"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiézhù",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "协助"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔ zhù",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "辅助"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "pomáhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "asistovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assisteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "bijstaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "asisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "auttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "avustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assister"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "aider"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daxmareba",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "დახმარება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assistieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "helfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "beistehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "unterstützen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "voïthó",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "βοηθώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sullambánō",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "συλλαμβάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "boēthéō",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "βοηθέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "abáng-ábang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assistere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "aiutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tetsudau",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "手伝う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dopda",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "돕다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "iuvō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "adiuvō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "auxilior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "subvenio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "opitulor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "āwhina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "whakamahiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "whakahirihiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "macoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pomóc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pomagać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "asystować"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "asista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "ajuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomogátʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "помога́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomóčʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помо́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sodéjstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "соде́йствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posodéjstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "посоде́йствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sposóbstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спосо́бствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posposóbstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поспосо́бствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "assistírovatʹ",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ассисти́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "ayudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "asistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "assistera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "hjälpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "bistå (med hjälp)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "stödja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopomaháty",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "допомага́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopomohtý",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "допомогти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spryjáty",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сприя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pospryjáty",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "посприя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "trợ giúp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "giúp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "help",
      "word": "hỗ trợ"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "help",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "peşti (diq)"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "asistiram",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "асистирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "voorzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "een voorzet geven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "syöttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "vorlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díno asíst",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "δίνω ασίστ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eosiseuteu",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "어시스트"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "asistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "göra en assist"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make a pass in a sport",
      "word": "asist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assist"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪst",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪst/2 syllables",
    "en:Ice hockey"
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    {
      "word": "aim assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "assistful"
    },
    {
      "word": "assistless"
    },
    {
      "word": "gravitational assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "gravity assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "power assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "roadside assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "touch assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "video assist"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "assistō",
        "pos": "verb",
        "t": "stand at, bestand"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "assists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "assist (plural assists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "as‧sist"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A helpful action or an act of giving."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Football (soccer)",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016 January 1, David Hytner, “Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of helping another player score points or goals",
        "A decisive pass made to the goal scorer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "scorer",
          "scorer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals",
        "(soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Baseball",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had two assists in the game.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of helping another player score points or goals",
        "A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals",
        "(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɪst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪst"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-assist.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/En-us-assist.ogg/En-us-assist.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-assist.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "asistencija",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "word": "асистенция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assistència"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "word": "syöttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passe décisive"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stoðsending"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assistenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assistência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezulʹtatívnaja peredáča",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "результати́вная переда́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golevój pas",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голево́й пас"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asistencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "statistical recognition of making a pass",
      "word": "asist"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "word": "syöttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "word": "maalisyöttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Torvorlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "partially also Torschussvorlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal",
      "word": "asist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assist"
}

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