Assistance
[ə'sɪst(ə)ns] or [ə'sɪstəns]
Definition
(n.) The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
(n.) An assistant or helper; a body of helpers.
(n.) Persons present.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Help, aid, succor, LIFT, support, patronage, relief, helping hand, good offices.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship
ANT:Resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog,preventive
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Giving assistance to any one in a dream, foretells you will be favored in your efforts to rise to higher position. If any one assists you, you will be pleasantly situated, and loving friends will be near you.
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Examples
- And at Miss Halcombe's service, if she will honour me by accepting all the assistance I can offer her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- By a most fortunate chance his leaving Highbury had been delayed so as to bring him to her assistance at this critical moment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I require no assistance but yours. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is of assistance to connect philosophy with thinking in its distinction from knowledge. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He turned to Mrs. Weston to implore her assistance, Would not she give him her support? Jane Austen. Emma.
- During the few minutes that elapsed while I was taking him in, the air revived him, and he ascended the steps of the machine with my assistance. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Grummer, procure assistance, and execute these warrants with as little delay as possible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I felt compassion for him,' said Louisa, her colour deepening, 'and I wished to know what he was going to do, and wished to offer him assistance. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This is what I meant when I said in my note that I had a great favour and a great assistance to beg of you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hi, old fossil, cried the man who had first called on him for assistance, did je think we wanted of you to read the bloomin' notis to yourself? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- You have been of material assistance to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- However, I began, with the assistance of the son of a professional man, who had been to Salem House--Yawler, with his nose on one side. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am bound by my vow to do so, replied the knight; but I would willingly know who you are, who request my assistance in their behalf? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I hope you visit sister as often as your affairs will permit, and afford her what assistance and comfort you can in her present situation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I think that I could be of assistance to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It requires time, use, insight, event, all the great lessons and assistances of God; and only to think of using it implies character and profoundness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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