Assistance
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. uncountable, usually
"The volunteers offered assistance to the flood victims."
- 2 the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose wordnet
- 3 a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do wordnet
- 4 gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause wordnet
Example
More examples"Without your assistance I would have failed."
Etymology
From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“I stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance.