assist

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsɪst/ Hyphenation: as‧sist Rhymes: -ɪst === Verb === assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted) 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.). 1967, The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8: To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== assistant assistance ==== Translations ==== === Noun === assist (plural assists) A helpful action or an act of giving. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === asisst, stasis, Stassi, sistas, -stasis == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English assist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈas.sist/, (careful style) /asˈsist/ Rhymes: -assist, (careful style) -ist Hyphenation: às‧sist, (careful style) as‧sìst === Noun === assist m (invariable) (sports) assist === References === === Anagrams === Stassi == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English assist. === Noun === assist c (sports) Make a pass that allows the own team to score (a goal). ==== Declension ====