aid
Meaning of aid
noun
- help, typically of a practical nature.
he saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid
she walked with the aid of a Zimmer frame
- a grant of subsidy or tax to a king or queen.
- help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something.
women were aided in childbirth by midwives
research was conducted to aid in making decisions
late Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’.
abbreviation, noun- artificial insemination by donor.
- Agency for International Development.
Information about aid
- The plural form of aid is: aids.
- Languages in which aid is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of aid
aid
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- aid is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
aid synonyms
Meaning assistance:
Meaning assist:
Meaning care:
Meaning help:
Meaning material assistance:
Meaning help or support:
Meaning the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope:
Meaning assistance, especially by complying readily with requests:
Meaning encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime:
Meaning help or benefit:
Meaning strengthen or support physically or mentally:
Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:
Meaning formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion:
Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):
aid antonyms
Meaning a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Translation of aid
- French: aide, assister, aider
- Spanish: ayuda, auxilio, ayudar, auxiliar, socorrer, asistir
- German: Hilfe, Beistand, helfen, fördern, assistieren, unterstützen
- Portuguese: ajuda, ajudar
- Italian: aiuto, aiutare, assistere
Anagrams of aid
Words that rhyme with aid
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