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# assistance

noun (assistance — uncountable)

«assistance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Assistance is help or support given to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#m1)
2. Assistance is often a formal word for help from a service, like medical assistance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety it is used on signs and in announcements: «Do you need assistance?», «call for assistance», «roadside assistance». In school, pupils who need extra help get assistance from a teaching assistant. In stories, a hero comes to someone's assistance.

### Examples

- Can I be of any assistance? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x1)
- Call the lifeguard for assistance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x2)
- The lady needed assistance with her heavy bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x3)
- A teaching assistant gives us assistance with reading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x4)
- The firefighters came to our assistance quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x5)
- Press this button if you need assistance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x6)
- Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «some assistance», not «an assistance» or «assistances». It is more formal than «help». The person who helps is an assistant (spelled -ant); the help itself is assistance (spelled -ance). Verb: assist.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «assistance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assistance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«assistance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assistance.html) on Mova free.