assistance
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“I stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]assistance (usually uncountable, plural assistances)
- Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
- The volunteers offered assistance to the flood victims.
- He asked for technical assistance with the computer.
- Financial assistance is available for low-income families.
- She could not have finished the project without his assistance.
- The program provides legal assistance to immigrants.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]aid; help; the act or result of assisting
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin assistentia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]assistance f (plural assistances)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: asistans
Further reading
[edit]- “assistance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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