help

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help is on the Basic English 850 List.
heat - help - here
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help is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
hell - help - here

Pronunciation

Verb

Plain form
help

Third-person singular
helps

Past tense
helped

Past participle
helped

Present participle
helping

Category:VerbsCategory:Regular verbs
Someone helping an old woman to walk
  1. If you help another person do something, you do things to make it easier for them to do the thing, or you do part of it for them.
    Will you please help me wash the dishes?
  2. If you can't help doing something or can't help but do it, you cannot avoid it. You do it even without wanting or planning to.
    When I look at the class, I can not help feeling that something has gone wrong.
    They agreed that it was good, but I can't help wondering, "good for who?"

Noun

Singular
help

Plural
helps

Category:Nouns
  1. (uncountable)Category:Uncountable nouns Help is the act of helping.
    Will you please give me some help? This is hard for just one person to do.
  2. (uncountable)Category:Uncountable nouns The help is people who work in a home cooking, cleaning, etc.
    The help arrives as 9 o' clock.
Category:Stubs
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