assistance
Assistance refers to the action of helping someone or providing support to achieve a specific result. It is frequently used in formal contexts to describe professional, technical, or financial aid given to individuals or organizations.
Exemplos
3 de 5Do you need any assistance with those heavy grocery bags?
Do you need any help with those heavy grocery bags?
The humanitarian organization provided immediate assistance to the refugees.
The humanitarian group provided immediate aid to the refugees.
Give me a bit of assistance with this puzzle, will you?
Give me a hand with this puzzle, okay?
Antônimos
Família de palavras
Dica de memorização
Think of a 'SISTer' reaching out to give you a hand—asSISTance.
Quiz rápido
The government offered financial ___ to the small businesses affected by the flood.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: assistance
Exemplos
Do you need any assistance with those heavy grocery bags?
everydayDo you need any help with those heavy grocery bags?
The humanitarian organization provided immediate assistance to the refugees.
formalThe humanitarian group provided immediate aid to the refugees.
Give me a bit of assistance with this puzzle, will you?
informalGive me a hand with this puzzle, okay?
The study explores how technical assistance impacts developing economies.
academicThe research examines how specialized support affects growing economies.
Our customer service team is available 24/7 to offer technical assistance.
businessOur support team is available all day to offer technical help.
Antônimos
Família de palavras
Colocações comuns
Frases Comuns
be of assistance
to be helpful
mutual assistance
helping each other
public assistance
government welfare support
Frequentemente confundido com
Assistants refers to the people who help, while assistance refers to the help itself.
Notas de uso
Assistance is significantly more formal than 'help' and is the preferred term in official documents, legal contexts, and professional correspondence. It is generally an uncountable noun.
Erros comuns
Learners often try to pluralize it as 'assistances,' but it should remain singular in most contexts. They also confuse it with the person (assistant).
Dica de memorização
Think of a 'SISTer' reaching out to give you a hand—asSISTance.
Origem da palavra
From the Old French 'assistance', derived from the Latin 'assistere', meaning 'to stand by'.
Padrões gramaticais
Contexto cultural
In many Western social welfare systems, 'public assistance' specifically refers to government-funded financial aid for those in need.
Quiz rápido
The government offered financial ___ to the small businesses affected by the flood.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: assistance
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