assist

English

Etymology

From French assister, from Latin assistere, both words meaning, "to assist."

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

assist (plural assists)

1. A helpful action or an act of giving.

   The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.

2. (sports) a statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

   He had two assists in the game.

Translations

statistical recognition of making a pass

Bulgarian: асистенция (bg) Croatian: asistencija (hr) f. Finnish: syöttö (fi)

Russian: результативная передача (r'ezultatívnaja p'er'edáča) f., голевой пас (gol'evój pas) m. Turkish: asist (tr)

Verb

assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)

1. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance.

   A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.

2. To help.

   Would you please assist John with learning English.

3. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

Translations

help

Armenian: օգնել (hy) (ōgnel) Bulgarian: помагам (bg), съдействам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 幫 (zh), 帮 (zh) (bāng), 幫助 (zh), 帮助 (zh) (bāngzhù), 協助 (zh), 协助 (zh) (xiézhù) Czech: pomáhat (cs), asistovat (cs) Dutch: assisteren (nl), bijstaan (nl) Finnish: auttaa (fi), avustaa (fi) French: assister (fr), aider (fr) German: assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen Hiligaynon: abáng-ábang Italian: assistere (it), aiutare (it)

Japanese: 手伝う (tetsudau) Latin: subvenio (la) Nahuatl: macoa Portuguese: assistir, prestar assistência, ajudar Romanian: asista (ro), ajuta (ro) Russian: помогать (pomogát') impf., помочь (pomóč) pf.; содействовать (sod'éjstvovat') impf., посодействовать (posod'éjstvovat') pf.; способствовать (sposóbstvovat') impf., поспособствовать (posposóbstvovat') pf.; ассистировать (assistírovat') impf. Spanish: ayudar (es) Swedish: assistera (sv), hjälpa (sv), bistå (sv) (med hjälp), stödja (sv)

to make a pass in a sport

Bulgarian: асистирам (bg) Dutch: voorzetten, een voorzet geven Finnish: syöttää (fi)

Spanish: asistir (es) Swedish: göra en assist (sv)

Anagrams

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

assist m. inv.

1. (sports) assist

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Swedish

Noun

assist c.

1. (sports) Make a pass that allows the own team to score (a goal).

Declension

Declension of assist

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	assist	assisten	assister	assisterna
genitive	assists	assistens	assisters	assisternas