to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages. to save; rescue; succor: Help me, I’m falling!
Contents
- 1 What does it mean to help someone?
- 2 What vocab word means help?
- 3 What is the example of help?
- 4 What is the root word of help?
- 5 How can u help others?
- 6 What’s another word for helping others?
- 7 Can help out meaning?
- 8 What type of word is help?
- 9 What to say instead of help me?
- 10 What is a word to describe someone who helps others?
- 11 How can I help a friend?
- 12 How can I help society?
- 13 How can I improve my helping behavior?
- 14 What is the word for helping someone?
- 15 What do you call a helpful person?
- 16 What means help up?
- 17 What’s another word for help out?
- 18 What is the difference between help me and help me out?
- 19 Is help an action word?
- 20 What does it mean to help someone through something?
What does it mean to help someone?
transitive verb/intransitive verb. If you help someone, you make it easier for them to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money.
What vocab word means help?
synonyms: aid, assist, assistance. types: show 27 types… hide 27 types…
What is the example of help?
The definition of help is aid that you request, or is someone who provides assistance. An example of help is what you are asking for when you ask your neighbor to get your mail. An example of help is someone who goes out of his way to aid you.
What is the root word of help?
Old English helpan “to help, support, succor; benefit, do good to; cure, amend” (transitive, class III strong verb; past tense healp, past participle holpen), from Proto-Germanic *helpanan (source also of Old Norse hjalpa, Old Frisian helpa, Middle Dutch and Dutch helpen, Old High German helfan, German helfen), a word
How can u help others?
5 Meaningful Ways to Help Others in the New Year
- Offer Kindness Proactively. Pay attention to the people around you and what you can do to make their lives a little easier.
- Volunteer Your Time. Community service is one of the best ways to improve the lives of others.
- Donate to a Cause.
- Donate Unused Items.
- Say “Thank You”
What’s another word for helping others?
What is another word for helping others?
| furtherance | advancement |
|---|---|
| assistance | help |
| aid | favouringUK |
| sponsorship | nurture |
| espousal | favoringUS |
Can help out meaning?
to help someone, especially by doing a particular job or by giving them money. My family has always helped me out. help out with: He always helped out with the housework.
What type of word is help?
As detailed above, ‘help’ can be a noun, an interjection or a verb. Noun usage: I need some help with my homework. Noun usage: He was a great help to me when I was moving house. Noun usage: The help is coming round this morning to clean.
What to say instead of help me?
What is another word for help me?
| aid me | assist me |
|---|---|
| help me out | lend me a hand |
| support me |
What is a word to describe someone who helps others?
altruistic Add to list Share. Someone who is altruistic always puts others first. An altruistic firefighter risks his life to save another’s life, while an altruistic mom gives up the last bite of pie so her kid will be happy.
How can I help a friend?
13 Ways to Support Your Friends If They Are Struggling
- Listen and Don’t Panic.
- Don’t Judge Them or Their Issues.
- Be There for Each Other – You’re Not Alone.
- Be Honest.
- Talk to a Trusted Adult.
- Phone a Helpline.
- Help Your Friend Feel Better.
- Visit a Doctor or Health Worker.
How can I help society?
7 Ways to Give Back to the Community
- Donate Your Time.
- A Random Act of Kindness for A Neighbor.
- Participate in Fundraisers and Charity Events.
- Help a child in need.
- Volunteer at your local senior living community.
- Plant a tree.
- Recycle your Plastic at a local Recycling Center.
How can I improve my helping behavior?
How to Increase Helping
- Encourage prosocial/helping behavior.
- Increase and optimize the 5 Decision Making Steps.
- Reduce inhibiting factors (pluralistic ignorance, conformity,
- Increase identification of risk factors.
- Make “in-group” more inclusive.
- Practice perspective taking.
- Increase knowledge, skills, and confidence.
What is the word for helping someone?
assist. verb. to help someone or something.
What do you call a helpful person?
Noun. Generous person. doll. sweetie.
What means help up?
help (someone) up
(from something) to help someone rise up from something; to help someone get up from something. She offered to help him up from the chair. Elaine helped up her grandmother who was stuck in the chair.
What’s another word for help out?
What is another word for help out?
| help | assist |
|---|---|
| aid | abet |
| lend a hand | cooperate |
| chip in | pitch in |
| take part | participate |
What is the difference between help me and help me out?
Yes, there is a slight difference between “help me” and “help me out”. Helping somebody means simply “giving assistance/aid”. “Help smb. out” means to help smb.
Is help an action word?
How are action verbs different from auxiliary verbs? While action verbs are typically the main verb of the sentence and express the action being done by the subject, auxiliary verbs “help” the main action verb by expressing tense, mood, or voice.
What does it mean to help someone through something?
To get someone through something is to make it possible for that person to deal successfully with a difficult or painful experience, and come to the end of it: My friendship with Carla got me through those tough months just after we moved. Want to learn more?
It sounds to me like you also need help — not just meds, but someone to *help*. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Then help me, princess, cried Theseus; help me to come to the Minotaur and look upon it, and help me, too, to get back the sword that I brought with me to Crete. ❋ Unknown (1921)
Dont urge me; help me, help me, because I love you. ❋ Unknown (1917)
I have taken a new name in part, and with my bride’s help, I hope to _help_ you more than I formerly _hindered_ you, to keep the rules of the Try ❋ Daniel Wise (1855)
` Massa, shall I help you? ‘and you say, ` Yes, you must _help_ me.’ ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)
To help him who _will not _help himself; or, indiscriminately to relieve those that want, is totally to mistake the end; for want is often met with: but to supply those who _cannot_ supply themselves, becomes real charity. ❋ William Hutton (1769)
II. vii.125 (271,1) [And take upon command what help we have] It seems necessary to read, _then take upon_ demand _what help_, &c. that is, ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)
These auctions will benefit a child cancer patient and help with their bills — Happy Bidding and thank you for your help~ ❋ Unknown (2009)
In order therefore that he may fulfil the precept, and not covet, he is constrained to despair of himself and to seek elsewhere and through another the help which he cannot find in himself; as it is said, O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me is thine help (Hosea xiii. ❋ Unknown (1909)
Only one teacher ever had the sense to call in help from the emotional support staff for a meltdown rather than report him as a disciplinary problem, and of the administrators, one has been fabulous, one okay, and one well-meaning but doesn’t think outside the box. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But, but, Governor, you don’t need no stinkin help from the Government …. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Oh, and please remember that Leaders Without a Title help people achieve more as a team than they could have achieved alone. ❋ Robin Sharma (2010)
If you have an emergency while driving, call the Ministry of Tourism’s hotline or (91) (5) 250-8221/8555 ext. 130/297 to obtain help from the «Green Angels,» a fleet of radio dispatched trucks with bilingual crews that operate daily. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I’m glad you liked the images and thanks much for the title help jaakko! ❋ Unknown (2007)
The word help here is more than a euphemism: many children do want to stay in the room and make their parents happy, but they just cannot overcome the temptation to leave. ❋ M.D. Richard Ferber (2006)
If you borrow money, or use the word help and have to rely on friends or family to make ends meet. ❋ Sherry Argov (2006)
On its surface, the word help had been sloppily inscribed. ❋ CELIA THOMSON (2003)
help this [isnt] [a joke] ❋ PintoBean2003 (2020)
We [gotta] help [PintoBean2003] ❋ General-Kenobi (2020)
[please] [send help] ❋ I’m Begging You (2020)
«help why did he [dance] [like that]» ❋ Eminemstan1000 (2022)
[i need help]
[what kind] [mental] or physical?
both ❋ Fierysnowflakes (2019)
[Help]! [I need] [somebody] ❋ ObjectingFurry (2020)
That [cabinet] looks to big and heavy to move by myself, don’t worry you’ll have help. I’m not [qualified] to do this job, don’t worry you’ll have help. I don’t [have enough] time for this project, don’t worry you’ll have help. ❋ Knowman (2008)
[HELP] MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ❋ IWILLSKINYOURMOM (2020)
help its [bin] [10] [days] since i have seen my familly ❋ Bored_of_no_schoolo (2020)
Help — [add] this as a definition you [retard]! [Save me] from the guy! ❋ Pollup (2008)
Britannica Dictionary definition of HELP
1
:
to do something that makes it easier for someone to do a job, to deal with a problem, etc.
:
to aid or assist someone
[+ object]
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Let me help you with that box. = Let me help you lift/carry that box.
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help a child with her homework = help a child (to) do her homework
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I helped her up/down the stairs. [=I gave her support so that she could go up/down the stairs]
-
Help me! I’m drowning!
[no object]
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Don’t blame me: I was only trying to help!
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She helped (to) set the table.
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Help! Somebody call the police!
2
:
to make something less severe
:
to make something more pleasant or easier to deal with
[+ object]
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Rest helps a cold.
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She took an aspirin to help her headache.
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Some color would really help [=improve] this room.
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Humor often helps a tense situation.
[no object]
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Yelling doesn’t help.
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It’s not much money, but every little bit helps.
— often followed by to + verb
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It helps to know you care. [=I feel better because I know that you care]
3
[+ object]
a
:
to give (yourself or another person) food or drink
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There’s plenty of food, so help yourself. [=take as much food as you would like]
— often + to
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He helped his neighbor to a glass of wine.
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Help yourself to whatever you’d like.
b
informal
:
to take something for (yourself) without permission
-
He saw the money lying on the table, and he helped himself. [=he took the money]
— usually + to
-
He helped himself to the money.
can help
◊ If you can help something, you can prevent it from happening.
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Can I help it [=is it my fault] if no one listens to my advice?
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There will be no more layoffs. At least not if I can help it. [=if I can prevent it; if it is up to me]
cannot help
1
◊ If you cannot help yourself, you cannot control your actions or stop yourself from doing something.
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I know I shouldn’t eat any more, but I can’t help myself.
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They knew they shouldn’t go, but they couldn’t help themselves.
2
◊ If you cannot help something, you cannot stop it or prevent it.
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I can’t help loving you.
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I know I shouldn’t be angry, but I can’t help it—it’s just the way I feel.
3
◊ If you cannot help doing something or cannot help but do something, you cannot stop yourself from doing it.
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I couldn’t help having some dessert.
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We couldn’t help laughing. = We couldn’t help but laugh.
4
◊ Something that cannot be helped cannot be avoided.
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It’s too bad that we have to leave, but it can’t be helped.
God/Lord/heaven help (someone)
— used to express strong feelings of worry or concern about what is happening or could happen
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If he ever gets control of the country, Lord help us!
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Heaven help you [=you will be in trouble] when he finds out you dented the car.
help off/on
[phrasal verb]
help (someone) off/on with (something)
:
to do something that makes it easier for (someone) to put on or take off (clothing, shoes, etc.)
-
Let me help you off with your boots.
-
He helped her on with her coat.
help out
or
help (someone) out
or
help out (someone)
:
to do something so another person’s job or task is easier
-
I can’t do this myself. Won’t someone please help me out?
-
I sometimes help out in the kitchen.
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He helped out with the bills whenever he could. [=he helped pay the bills whenever he could]
so help me (God)
— used to stress that a statement is serious and truthful
-
I’m going on a diet and, so help me, this time I’ll stick to it!
Britannica Dictionary definition of HELP
1
[noncount]
a
:
activities or efforts that make it easier to do a job, deal with a problem, etc.
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He thanked us for our help.
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I could use some help with the dishes.
-
We could hear shouts for help coming from the house.
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a help menu/screen [=a part of a computer program that gives instructions and information about how to use the program]
b
:
something (such as money or advice) that is given to someone who needs it
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I couldn’t have bought this house without financial help. [=without money given to me by someone else]
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She is very unhappy and needs some serious/professional help. [=she should see a counselor or psychologist to help her with her problems]
2
[singular]
:
someone or something that makes it easier to do a job, deal with a problem, etc.
-
She has always been a real help (to me) in times of trouble.
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He’s been more of a hindrance than a help.
3
[noncount]
a
:
the fact of being useful to someone
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You’ve been (of) no help at all to me. [=you haven’t helped me at all]
b
:
the state of being helped
-
Is there any help for us? [=is there anything that can be done to help us?]
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The situation is beyond help. [=nothing can be done to improve the situation]
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(Brit) There was no help for it but to tell her parents. [=there was no way to avoid telling her parents]
4
[plural]
:
servants or paid workers
-
We need to hire additional help.
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The help have already left for the day.
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It’s hard to find good help.
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(US) I looked through the help wanted ads. [=the part of the newspaper in which jobs are advertised]
an assistant to a bishop
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
someone who acts as an assistant
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment
an assistant to a dentist
an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
a wardrobe assistant for an actor
someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)
someone who makes progress easier
a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
a female assistant who has a range of duties
one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
a person used by another to gain an end
an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)
someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
the most helpful assistant
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
(Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
an assistant who supplies drinking water
huntsman’s assistant in managing the hounds
one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
an attendant who takes care of baggage
an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
someone employed to carry luggage and run errands in a hotel
a person of low status
an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
an attendant who checks coats or baggage
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
an attendant at the court of a sovereign
the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman’s household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
someone who models dresses
a personal attendant of the British royal family
an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities
a close attendant (as to a scholar)
a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
a male subordinate
a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding
someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
in medieval times a youth acting as a knight’s attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
a model who poses for photographers
an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
someone who relieves a commander
someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
a young nobleman attendant on a knight
a man who attends or escorts a woman
someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
an attendant on an airplane
one who helps carry a stretcher
a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity
one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion
(Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop
a regent’s deputy
someone who rouses others from sleep
someone employed to park and retrieve cars
Verb
Don’t blame me: I was only trying to help!
Help! Somebody call the police!
She took an aspirin to help her headache.
Humor often helps a tense situation.
It’s not much money, but every little bit helps.
Noun
He thanked us for our help.
I could use some help with the dishes.
We could hear shouts for help coming from the house.
He’s been more of a hindrance than a help.
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