to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.
verb (used without object)
to give help or assistance.
noun
help or support; assistance.
a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.
aids,Manège.
Also called natural aids .the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight.
Also called artificial aids .the devices used by a rider to increase control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
aide-de-camp.
foreign aid.
a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
English History. (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.
Origin of aid
First recorded in 1375–1425; (noun) late Middle English ayde, from Anglo-French, Old French aide, noun derivative of aid(i)er, from Latin adjūtāre “to help” (frequentative of adjuvāre ), equivalent to ad- prefix meaning “toward” + -jū- “help” + -t- frequentative suffix + -āre infinitive suffix; (verb) from Anglo-French, Old French aid(i)er, from Latin, as above; see ad-
SYNONYMS FOR aid
2 abet, back, foster, advance.
4 succor; relief; subsidy, grant.
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ANTONYMS FOR aid
2 hinder, frustrate.
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synonym study for aid
1. See help.
words often confused with aid
Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings “an assisting person,” the spelling aide is increasingly used for the sense “helper, assistant”: One of the senator's aides is calling.Aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse's aide.
the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961.
He mentioned in particular that aid should focus on assistance for small businesses, among other things.
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Forty percent claim they can’t last another six months without government aid, and it will be an arduous road to recovery for the rest.
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However, that aid has to be distributed at a sustainable pace and I think some of the programs that were thought up for Afghanistan were too ambitious.
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Republican leaders have suggesting trying to pass another PPP as a standalone bill while Democratic leaders believe aid to states is vital to stave off mass public sector layoffs.
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An ingenious invention originally meant to digitize bookkeeping, the software has enabled researchers and businesspeople to input infinite rows and columns of disparate data and then analyze the information with the aid of a computer.
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After all, smaller developing nations like Cameroon often depend on trade with and aid from the West.
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Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.
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But that comes too late for the family of an American aid worker killed by ISIS.
If there was a loss at my meetings I bore it myself; never asking any one for aid.
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again|Joseph Barker
The commonwealth of to-day as well as that of to-morrow demands our aid.
The Arena|Various
This condition can only be determined by a competent physician with the aid of the microscope and other means.
What a Young Husband Ought to Know|Sylvanus Stall
British Dictionary definitions for aid (1 of 3)
aid
/ (eɪd) /
verb
to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
(tr)to assist financially
noun
assistance; help; support
a person, device, etc, that helps or assistsa teaching aid
Also: artificial aidmountaineeringany of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
(in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
in aid ofBritishinformalin support of; for the purpose of
Derived forms of aid
aider, noun
Word Origin for aid
C15: via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help
British Dictionary definitions for aid (2 of 3)
Aid
-aid
n combining form
denoting a charitable organization or function that raises money for a causeBand Aid; Ferryaid
British Dictionary definitions for aid (3 of 3)
AID
abbreviation for
acute infectious disease
artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI)