to help
- verb
- /hɛlp/
- It's an app to help you learn French.
- help students
- help understand
- help develop
You want to be able to help people help you.
- You want to be able to help people help you.
- Actually, I've been thinking, can you help me start to change that?
- I sought them out to help me start off.
- What would it take to help people be happy?
- So being a trained journalist helps with that.
- What would you say to them to help calm those?
- Lower taxes on the middle class, help the people struggling.
- You know, these are things that help me maintain my look.
- How is that going to help them at all?
- The noise of a hive helps with PTSD.
- You know, I think that that'll help a lot right here.
Examples
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Some programs have teaching seminars, while others help you find a teaching practicum within your community.
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The teacher created new activities to help students understand math better.
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What are you doing to help people help themselves?
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What would it take to help people be happy?
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How is that going to help them at all?
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But no matter what happens, we will help you through it.
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I think we are helping him.
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If this diet might help her, why not try it?
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I'll help you for real if you want.
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Yes, there are still folks anxious to help with their time, talents, and treasure.
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Synonyms
To help someone by making a task easier
To do something for someone who cannot do it alone
To give someone support to do a task
To help someone or something in need
To make a task or process easier and help it happen
Give someone support with a task or problem when they need it
To help someone with a task
To give help to someone during a difficult time
To make a bad situation better
To give someone support with a task or problem
To give help to people and countries in need
Be useful to someone when they need it
To help someone when they are in trouble
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To feel so annoyed or frustrated that you make a soft unhappy sound
- Informal
Want food so much that you cannot stop your mouth from filling with saliva
- Informal
To be unable to stop yourself from staring in a rude or amazed way
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who always asks others for help but never tries to solve problems alone or help them back
How Helpful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Help comes from an old English and old German word helpan/helfen that meant 'to hold up' or 'support'. So to help someone is to make things easier by giving support.