assist

English

Etymology

From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɪst/

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• Hyphenation: as‧sist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)

1. To help.

   This book will assist you in getting your life in order.

   Tutor feedback assists the learning process.

   • 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
3. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
4. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).

   A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.

5. (now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
   • 1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 138:

     I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.

   • 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:

     To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.

Derived terms

• assister
• assistive

 

Related terms

• assistant
• assistance

Translations

help

• Armenian: օգնել (hy) (ōgnel)
• Belarusian: памага́ць impf (pamahácʹ), памагчы́ pf (pamahčý); дапамага́ць impf (dapamahácʹ), дапамагчы́ pf (dapamahčý); спрыя́ць impf (spryjácʹ), паспрыя́ць pf (paspryjácʹ)
• Bulgarian: помагам (bg) (pomagam), съдействам (bg) (sǎdejstvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幫 (zh), 帮 (zh) (bāng), 幫助 (zh), 帮助 (zh) (bāngzhù), 協助 (zh), 协助 (zh) (xiézhù)，辅助 (zh) (fǔ zhù)

• Czech: pomáhat (cs), asistovat (cs)
• Dutch: assisteren (nl), bijstaan (nl)
• Finnish: auttaa (fi), avustaa (fi)
• French: assister (fr), aider (fr)
• Georgian: დახმარება (daxmareba)
• German: assistieren (de), helfen (de), beistehen (de), unterstützen (de)
• Greek: βοηθώ (el) (voïthó)

  Ancient: βοηθέω (boēthéō)

• Hiligaynon: abáng-ábang
• Italian: assistere (it), aiutare (it)

• Japanese: 手伝う (ja) (tetsudau)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: iuvō, adiuvō (la), subvenio, opitulor
• Maori: āwhina, whakamahiri, whakahirihiri
• Nahuatl: macoa (nah)
• Polish: pomóc (pl) pf, pomagać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: assistir (pt), prestar assistência, ajudar (pt)
• Romanian: asista (ro), ajuta (ro)
• Russian: помога́ть (ru) impf (pomogátʹ), помо́чь (ru) pf (pomóčʹ); соде́йствовать (ru) impf (sodéjstvovatʹ), посоде́йствовать (ru) pf (posodéjstvovatʹ); спосо́бствовать (ru) impf (sposóbstvovatʹ), поспосо́бствовать (ru) pf (posposóbstvovatʹ); ассисти́ровать (ru) impf (assistírovatʹ)
• Spanish: ayudar (es), asistir (es)
• Sudovian: pagalbt
• Swedish: assistera (sv), hjälpa (sv), bistå (sv) (med hjälp), stödja (sv)
• Ukrainian: допомага́ти impf (dopomaháty); допомогти́ pf (dopomohtý); сприя́ти impf (spryjáty), посприя́ти pf (pospryjáty)
• Vietnamese: trợ giúp, giúp (vi), hỗ trợ (vi)

to make a pass in a sport

• Bulgarian: асистирам (bg) (asistiram)
• Dutch: voorzetten (nl), een voorzet geven
• Finnish: syöttää (fi)
• German: vorlegen (de)

• Greek: δίνω ασίστ (díno asíst)
• Spanish: asistir (es)
• Swedish: göra en assist (sv)
• Turkish: asist (tr)

Noun

assist (plural assists)

1. A helpful action or an act of giving.

   The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.

2. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
   1. (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
      • 2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[2]

        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.

   2. (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

   He had two assists in the game.

Derived terms

• assistful
• assistless

Translations

statistical recognition of making a pass

• Bulgarian: асистенция (asistencija)
• Catalan: assistència (ca) f
• Finnish: syöttö (fi)
• French: passe décisive (fr) f
• Icelandic: stoðsending f

• Italian: assistenza (it) f, aiuto (it) m
• Portuguese: assistência (pt) f
• Russian: результати́вная переда́ча f (rezulʹtatívnaja peredáča), голево́й пас m (golevój pas)
• Serbo-Croatian: asistencija (sh) f
• Swedish: assist (sv) c
• Turkish: asist (tr)

(soccer): a pass that is decisive in scoring a goal

• Dutch: assist (nl) m
• Finnish: syöttö (fi), maalisyöttö

• German: Vorlage (de) f, Torvorlage f, partially also Torschussvorlage f
• Italian: assist (it) m
• Polish: asysta (pl) f

Anagrams

• -stasis, sistas, stasis

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English assist.

Noun

assist m (invariable)

1. (sports) assist

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English assist.

Noun

assist c

1. (sports) Make a pass that allows the own team to score (a goal).

Declension

Declension of assist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	assist	assisten	assister	assisterna
Genitive	assists	assistens	assisters	assisternas