aid

Meanings

• Verb

  To help or give assistance; support.

• Noun

  A resource or service available to help people in need.

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

assist , befriend , bestand , cooperate , help , promote , relieve , succor , support , sustain

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with aid
aid , betide , convey , decay , delay , decayed , lead , read , rede , seed , tend , wade

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Aide (English) : An assistant
   

2. Aid (Scottish Gaelic) : Help, support
   

3. Aid (Irish) : Help, support
   

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Variants

List of all variants of aid that leads to same result
aid , aided , aider , aiders , aiding , aids , AID , Band-Aid , deaf-aid , deaf-aids , first aid , first aids , foreign aid , foreign aids , grant-in-aid , grants-in-aid , hearing aid , hearing aids

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Forms

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Aids, aiding, aided, aides

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meant 'help' in Old English.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'aid' appears in the title of the popular charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' released in 1984.

2. In the Bible, the word 'aid' is used in the King James Version to translate the Hebrew word 'yachal', which means 'help' or 'support'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Assistance: The act of helping or providing what is necessary.

2. Support: The action of helping someone or something succeed by providing what is needed.

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Culture

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In literature, 'aid' is often used as a synonym for 'help' or 'assistance'. In music, 'Aid' is the name of a popular charity single recorded in 1984 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.

How to Memorize "aid"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person extending a hand to help someone else, or a group of people coming together to support a cause.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'aid' with words like 'help', 'support', or 'assistance'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence like 'Aid is what I give when I see someone needs help' or 'Aid stands for Assistance in Difficulty'.

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