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(verb) improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" |
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Synonyms: aid |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, benefit, better, cure, do good, heal, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture" |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?" "She never helps around the house" |
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Synonyms: aid, assist |
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Related Words: alleviate, assist, attend, attend to, avail, back up, bootstrap, care, ease, expedite, facilitate, give care, hasten, help out, serve, subserve, succor, succour, support, wait on |
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(verb) contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries" |
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Related Words: advance, boost, encourage, further, promote |
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(verb) be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" |
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Synonyms: facilitate |
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Related Words: serve |
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(verb) help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself" |
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Synonyms: serve |
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Related Words: cater, ply, provide, supply |
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(verb) take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" |
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Synonyms: avail |
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Related Words: exploit |
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(verb) always used with a negative: "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle" |
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Synonyms: help oneself |
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Related Words: forbear, forebear, refrain |
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(noun) a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" |
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Synonyms: avail, service |
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Related Words: helpfulness |
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(noun) a resource: "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas" |
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Synonyms: aid, assistance |
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Related Words: resource |
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(noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" |
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Synonyms: assistant, helper, supporter |
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Related Words: acolyte, actor's assistant, aide, attendant, auxiliary, cat's-paw, chief assistant, dental assistant, deputy, dresser, enforcer, event planner, facilitator, fashion model, girl Friday, hatchet man, instrument, lieutenant, man Friday, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, paraprofessional, pawn, poser, powder monkey, prompter, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, theater prompter, water boy, whipper-in, worker |
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(noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose: "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
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Synonyms: aid, assist, assistance, helping |
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Related Words: accommodation, activity, boost, encouragement, facilitation, financial aid, hand, helping hand, lift, ministration, recourse, refuge, relief, resort, self-help, service, succor, succour, support, thanks |
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