assistance

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Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ASSISTANCECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ASSISTANCE assistance, from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#ASSISTANCE assistance, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#ASSISTANCE assistentia, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ASSISTANCE assistō (to stand at). By surface analysis, assist + -anceCategory:English terms suffixed with -ance#ASSISTANCE.

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Noun

assistance (usually uncountable, plural assistances)Category:English lemmas#ASSISTANCECategory:English nouns#ASSISTANCECategory:English uncountable nouns#ASSISTANCECategory:English countable nouns#ASSISTANCECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ASSISTANCECategory:Pages with entries#ASSISTANCECategory:Pages with 2 entries#ASSISTANCE

  1. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
    He asked for technical assistance with the computer.Category:English terms with usage examples#ASSISTANCE
    Financial assistance is available for low-income families.Category:English terms with usage examples#ASSISTANCE
    She could not have finished the project without his assistance.Category:English terms with usage examples#ASSISTANCE
    The program provides legal assistance to immigrants.Category:English terms with usage examples#ASSISTANCE
    • 2015, Gerald M. Rosen, Russell E. Glasgow, Timothy E. Moore, Manuel Barrera Jr., “9. Self-Help Therapy: Recent Developments in the Science and Business of Giving Psychology Away”, in Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr, editors, Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, second edition, New York: The Guilford Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 245:
      Ellis (1977) suggested that the oldest and best-selling self-help text was the Bible, a document developed without the assistance of mental health professionals.
      Category:English terms with quotations#ASSISTANCE

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Late Latin#ASSISTANCECategory:French terms derived from Late Latin#ASSISTANCE assistentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

assistance f (plural assistances)Category:French lemmas#ASSISTANCECategory:French nouns#ASSISTANCECategory:French countable nouns#ASSISTANCECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ASSISTANCECategory:French feminine nouns#ASSISTANCECategory:Pages with entries#ASSISTANCECategory:Pages with 2 entries#ASSISTANCE

  1. assistance
  2. audience

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