"assisting" meaning in English

See assisting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈsɪstɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-assisting.ogg Forms: more assisting [comparative], most assisting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} assisting (comparative more assisting, superlative most assisting)
  1. (archaic) Helpful; auxiliary (to). Tags: archaic Derived forms: unassisting
    Sense id: en-assisting-en-adj-bxiitShd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 21 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 19 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 14 1

Noun

IPA: /əˈsɪstɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-assisting.ogg Forms: assistings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} assisting (plural assistings)
  1. assistance; help given
    Sense id: en-assisting-en-noun-PaBDdqFL

Verb

IPA: /əˈsɪstɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-assisting.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} assisting
  1. present participle and gerund of assist Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: assist
    Sense id: en-assisting-en-verb-WfTUQnW0

Inflected forms

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