Pronunciation

/ˈeɪd/

Definitions

Noun

1. Assistance or support given to someone in need, especially in a practical or financial sense: The charity provided medical aid to the flood victims.
2. Aids or tools designed to help with a specific task: Aid for reading is available for visually impaired students.
3. (pl) Aids, as in aids to navigation or aids to memory.

Verb

1. To give assistance or support: She quickly aided the injured person to their feet.
2. To facilitate or promote: New technologies are aiding research in the field of medicine.

Adjective

1. Serving to assist or support: An aid to learning.
2. Designed to assist or improve: An aid package for developing countries.

Phrases

• “Provide aid and relief” to supply assistance during an emergency or crisis.
• “Visual aids” are materials used to enhance teaching or presentations.
• “Aid in recovery” refers to support that helps someone regain strength or functionality after an illness or injury.

Example Sentences

• Noun: “The organization’s primary function is to provide humanitarian aid during natural disasters.”
• Verb: “She decided to aid her elderly neighbor with grocery shopping.”
• Adjective: “The new software has greatly aided our productivity.”

Synonyms

• Help
• Support
• Relief
• Assistance
• Boost
• Facilitation
• Enhancement

Antonyms

• Hindrance
• Obstruction
• Hindrance -妨礙 (fángài) (Chinese)
• Assistance can be translated as “unterstützung” (German)
• “aid” can also be translated as “apoyo” (Spanish) or “assistance” (French)