help
Part of speech: noun
verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälpe (“help”), West Frisian help (“help”), Cimbrian hölfe (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Luxembourgish Hëllef (“help”), Mòcheno hilf (“help”), Vilamovian hyłf (“help”), Yiddish הילף (hilf, “help”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálp (“help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelp (“help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelp, hjølp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”).
Inflected forms:
form: helps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: helps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: helping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: holpen
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: help
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: help
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
first-person
past
singular
form: help
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: helpest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: helpedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: helps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: helpeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
singular
third-person
form: help
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
plural
form: help
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: holp
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
subjunctive
form: help
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: helping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: helped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: holpen
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: help!
pos: intj
tags: canonical
Senses:
gloss: Action given to provide assistance; aid.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I need some help with my homework.
gloss: Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
gloss: Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.
gloss: A study aid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: I've printed out a list of math helps.
In 1979 the Church published a Latter-day Saint edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English. Included in this edition were numerous helps to make a study of the scriptures more meaningful and rewarding.
gloss: One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The help is coming round this morning to clean.
Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest.
gloss: Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: His suicide attempts were a cry for help.
He really needs help in handling customer complaints.
“He’s a real road-rager.” / “Yup, he really needs help, maybe anger management.”
gloss: To provide assistance to (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.
gloss: To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.
Help yourself to whatever's in the fridge.
gloss: To contribute in some way to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience.
I've already taken three pills, but they don't seem to help my headache.
gloss: To provide assistance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
Please, help!
As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
gloss: To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.
We couldn’t help but notice that you were late.
She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself.
Can I help it if I'm so beautiful?
Can I help it that I fell in love with you?
Are they going to beat us? Not if I can help it!
She never does more than she can help.
gloss: To do something on the behalf of someone.
pos: verb
tags: Hong-Kong
Singapore
examples: Can you help me buy some groceries?
gloss: To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
pos: verb
tags: Singapore
Singlish
imperative
examples: Compare Malay tolong (“help; please”) and Hokkien 導郎 /导郎 (tō͘-lông, “help; please”)
Help lah.
gloss: A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.
pos: intj
examples: — Take that, you scoundrel.
— Help! Robin, help!
gloss: A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance.
pos: intj
tags: Internet
examples: helpppp that's too funny, did she rlly say that?
Synonyms: aid
assist
come to the aid of
help out
abet
befriend
bestead
come to someone's aid
give someone a hand
grip
help
lend a hand
lend a helping hand
mend
stead
succor
succour
support
sustain
relieve
Antonyms: hinder
hurt
Related words: serve
Derived words: call for help
cry for help
help desk
helpfile
helpful
helpless
helpline
helply
helpmate
helpmeet
helpsheet
helpsome
help vampire
helpworthy
helpy
home help
househelp
self-help
telehelp
temporary help
Translations:
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: thūathám