Aide meaning

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An assistant; a helper.

A nurse's aide.

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The definition of an aide is a person who does certain things for another person that makes that person's job easier or more efficient.

A person who takes over some of the duties of a teacher, like handing out supplies to the students, is an example of an aide.

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An aide-de-camp.
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An assistant.
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An aide-de-camp.
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(Android IDE) An integrated development environment (IDE) that runs on an Android device. It compiles Android source code into an APK file within the Android smartphone or tablet without requiring a personal computer or cloud-based processing. See IDE and Android.
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(military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
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Origin of aide

  • French from aider to aid aid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French aider (“to help”), from Latin adiuvō (“I help”).

    From Wiktionary

Aide Sentence Examples

  • The secretary acts as an aide to the principal.

  • After the aide let out a government secret, he was fired from his position.

  • Would you be an aide to me during this busy project?

  • Dee is a teacher's aide specializing in special education.

  • He served subsequently as a volunteer aide on the staff of Gen.

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