assist

IPA: ʌsˈɪst

To help.
(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
(medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
(now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).

Examples of "assist" in Sentences

It naturally assists the exposition.
The assistance was very heterogeneous.
Enzymes assist in the digestion of foods.
This assistance is for the life of the grad.
Frankopan sought the assistance of the pope.
This assistance is for the life of the graduate.
It will assist the objectivity of the discussion.
She helps his wounds heal and assists in his convalescence.
Research assistance and secretarial support is also provided.
To have his goal scored on my assist is a great thing for us.
The Support Staff assist in the daily administration of the project.
A good way to assist is to bring entrepreneurial and business skills to them.
But they had a big assist from the Hollywood moguls and the invention of new media techniques.
The No. 1 plague on America's box scores is what I call assist inflation -- the awarding of assists that are not assists according to the very extensive language in the NCAA Statistician's Manual.