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to help

to help

∞ 1.0
To make a task or situation easier for someone
  • verb
  • /hɛlp/
: ayudar a
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Some programs have teaching seminars, while others help you find a teaching practicum within your community.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The teacher created new activities to help students understand math better.

  • What are you doing to help people help themselves?

  • What would it take to help people be happy?

    Tom Bilyeu

  • How is that going to help them at all?

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • But no matter what happens, we will help you through it.

    Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D (2014)

  • I think we are helping him.

    All of Us Strangers (2023)

  • If this diet might help her, why not try it?

  • I'll help you for real if you want.

    Jacket (2018)

  • Yes, there are still folks anxious to help with their time, talents, and treasure.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to help someone out
vsto help
  • Informal
867 1.3

Give someone support with a task or problem when they need it

focuses on personal often short term support in hard times rather than general easing
to help with
vsto help
618 1.0

To give someone support to do a task

is more general also meaning to improve situations not only finish tasks
to assist
vsto help
497 1.0

To help someone by making a task easier

is broader also meaning to improve situations beyond task easing
to help out
vsto help
  • Informal
319 1.0

To do something for someone who cannot do it alone

is similar but can also mean making broader improvements beyond a single need
to aid
vsto help
220 1.0

To help someone or something in need

is more general also covering easing tasks and improving situations
to facilitate
vsto help
  • Formal
168 4.9

To make a task or process easier and help it happen

is more person focused also including direct improvement of situations or support
to serve well
vsto help
112 3.5

Be useful to someone when they need it

is more about active actions to make tasks easier or improve situations
to lend a hand
vsto help
  • Informal
45 1.3

To help someone with a task

is casual and brief not about long term improvement or major change
to offer support
vsto help
31 2.7

To give help to someone during a difficult time

focuses more on ongoing backing during hardship than on single task easing
to come to (someone's) aid
vsto help
29 3.1

To help someone when they are in trouble

emphasizes urgent intervention in crises rather than general easing or support
to provide aid
vsto help
17 2.9

To give help to people and countries in need

is broader including both easing tasks and improving situations
to ameliorate
vsto help
11 8.1

To make a bad situation better

is more about taking direct action for people rather than only improving situations
to lend a helping hand
vsto help
  • Informal
6 2.7

To give someone support with a task or problem

is informal and offers short practical action rather than formal long term support

Antonyms

to obstruct
89 5.1

To block a path or view

to hinder
75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

Idioms

to can't help but groan
  • Informal
1 7.2

To feel so annoyed or frustrated that you make a soft unhappy sound

to couldn't help but gawk
  • Informal
1 8.2

To be unable to stop yourself from staring in a rude or amazed way

to couldn't help but crow
  • Informal
9.3

Be unable to stop yourself from bragging about a success

to couldn't help but drool
  • Informal
7.4

Want food so much that you cannot stop your mouth from filling with saliva

to help a lame dog over a stile
  • Informal
9.9

To do something kind for a person in trouble

Phrasal Verbs

to help someone with
∞ 1.0

To do part of a task for someone who has trouble doing it

to help someone out
  • Informal
867 1.3

Give someone support with a task or problem when they need it

to help with
618 1.0

To give someone support to do a task

to gonna help
  • Informal
477 7.7

To say you will help someone soon

to help out
  • Informal
319 1.0

To do something for someone who cannot do it alone

to ask for help
250 1.0

To tell someone you need support with a task or problem

to call for help
112 1.6

To ask loudly for help in an emergency

to couldn't help but
92 3.7

Be unable to stop yourself from doing something

to seek help
62 2.0

Ask someone for support when you face a problem

to help along
40 2.9

Make someone or something move forward faster

to cry out for help
9 2.7

To shout loudly when you need help right away

to shout for help
1 1.0

Call out loudly to ask someone to come to you when you are in danger

to help oneself
1 3.4

Take food or drink for yourself without asking

to whistle for help
1 3.0

Make a loud high sound by blowing through your lips to call for help

to help oneself
5.9

Be unable to stop yourself from doing something you want to avoid

Compounds

self-help
54 3.6

To try to improve your life alone using books or courses

hired help
17 3.0

People who are paid to do house or farm work

help desk
  • Specialized
4 3.0

A service that gives information and technical help to computer users

signal for help
3 3.4

A sign or action that shows you need help in an emergency, like waving arms

kitchen help
2 2.5

A person who helps in a restaurant kitchen with preparing food and cleaning

domestic help
1 2.6

A person paid to clean and cook in a home

help with digestion
1 3.0

Something that makes food break down in your stomach

home help
  • UK
1 3.4

A person who helps older or disabled people with housework and shopping at home

help in kind
1 3.6

Help given as goods or services instead of money

help vampire
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who always asks others for help but never tries to solve problems alone or help them back

How Helpful

to rescue
689 1.0
to help
∞ 1.0
assist
38 1.8
to support
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

help infinitive
helped past
helped past participle
helping present participle
helps third person singular

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.