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aid (ād)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to give help or relief (to); assist

Etymology: ME aiden < OFr aider < L adjutare, freq. of adjuvare, to help < ad-, to + juvare, to help

noun

  1. help or assistance; esp., financial help
  2. a helper; assistant
  3. a helpful device visual aids
  4. aide (sense )
  5. Eng. History
    1. a payment in money made by a vassal to his lord
    2. a subsidy granted to the king for a special purpose

Etymology: ME & OFr aide < the v.

AID Definition

AID

Agency for International Development

aid Synonyms

aid

n.

  1. Assistance

    help, assistance, support, comfort, benefit, favor, benevolence, patronage, cooperation, giving, gift, subsidy, financial support, relief, welfare, bounty, compensation, allowance, charity, benefaction, succor, alleviation, mitigation, ministry, ministration, reinforcement, advocacy, promotion, subvention, encouragement, treatment, furtherance, advancement, backing, advice, guidance, service, sustenance, grant, funding, honorarium, endowment, rescue, deliverance, attention, care, first aid, lift*, hand*, helping hand*, boost*, leg up*.

    Antonyms hindrance, barrier*, obstacle. *

  2. One appointed to give assistance

    aide, deputy, lieutenant; see assistant.

aid Synonyms

aid

v.

aid Usage Examples

Object

  • digestion: Olive oil and bile Helps bile thus aiding digestion.
  • computer: CAD: A Guide to Good Practice in collecting, documenting, preserving, and using Computer Aided Design datasets and images.

Converse of object

  • enlist: The major method of collection was to enlist the aid of school children.
  • administer: I used to charge around the country administering first aid.

Adjective modifier

  • humanitarian: International Development Secretary Clare Short in the UK has announced fifteen million pounds in humanitarian aid for the refugee crisis.
  • legal: Legal aid plays a key part in helping the justice system work.
  • visual: Visual aids, properly used, are very powerful.
  • navigational: Jammers can affect the command and control system, radars, and navigational aids by causing the enemy to receive false information.
  • auxiliary: This duty does not include the provision of auxiliary aids and services or the removal or alteration of physical features.
  • mutual: Unemployment was a general experience for the working class as a whole and there was much more solidarity and mutual aid.

Modifies a noun

  • kit: Medical Kits Ensure that you carry a full first aid kit with you.
  • agency: In 1989 he took a job in Ramallah, West Bank, which led to a new interest in working for aid agencies.
  • budget: Aid budgets should be used to export the very best clean energy technologies.

Noun used with modifier

  • hearing: Would digital hearing aids be better for my child?
  • buoyancy: Also canoe and kayak hire with buoyancy aid, paddles and route map.
  • grant: Many Associations will by now have received details of the grant aid they will shortly get from the FA Business Plan.
  • gift: GIFT AID The parish receives more than £ 500 in the loose plate nearly every week.
  • mobility: By the end of April, 330 mobility aids had been distributed by Handicap International.

Preposition: in

  • self-forgiveness: Angelite can be used in spells and rituals designed to reduce anger, aid in self-forgiveness, and gain spiritual protection.
  • digestion: In exocrine pancreatic insufficiency the addition of these extracts to the feed aids in proper digestion of fat, protein and starch.

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