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Definition: Aid

Aid

Noun

1. A resource: "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas".

2. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose: "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading".

3. A gift of money to support a worthy person or cause.

4. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed constant attention".

Verb

1. Give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?" "She never helps around the house".

2. Improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Aid

DomainDefinition

Computing

AID Algebraic Interpretive Dialogue. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Agriculture

Agency for International Development. (references)

Census

Designation for the (Agency for International Development). Also referred to as USAID (United States Agency for International Development). (references)

Geological

The United States Federal agency for international development projects. (Agency for International Development). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Aid

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

AID

EnglishArtificial Insemination by DonorN/A

AID

FrenchAssociation internationale de DéveloppementEconomics

AID

GermanAutomatische StoerfallerfassungPost & Telecom, Transportation

AID

SwedishAutomatisk incidentdetekteringPost & Telecom, Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Aid

Synonyms: attention (n), care (n), economic aid (n), tending (n), assist (v), help (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Aid

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Aid

Verb: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid; n. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid; Noun: give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow;help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to.

Relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina.

Noun: aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy; (cooperation).

Adverb: with the aid, by the aid; of; on behalf of, in behalf of; in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of; on account of; for the sake of, on the part of; non obstante.

Benevolence

Treat well; give comfort, smooth the bed of death; do good, do a good turn; benefit; (goodness); render a service, be of use; aid.

Instrumentality

Noun: instrumentality; aid; subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand; agency.

Adverb: through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the medium of; Noun: along with; on the shoulders of; by means of; by the aid of, with the aid of; (assistance).

Means

Noun: means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital; (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances; (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients; (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor; (safety); aid; medium.

How; (in what manner); through; (by the instrumentality of); with the aid of, by the aid of; (assistance); by the agency of;

Opposition

Absence of aid; resistance; restraint; hindrance.

Support

Supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings.

Maintain, keep on foot; aid.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Aid

English words defined with "aid": aid stationfirst aid, foreign aid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "aid": Brain Aid Prologdirector of financial aid and placements, director of student aidFinancial Aid Administrator, Food Aid Consultative Group, Free Application for Federal Student AidKool Aid, to drink thenurse, first aidSelf-help Aid, Student Aid Report. (references)
Etymologies containing "aid": Subaid. (references)

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Modern Usage: Aid

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I designed it as a marital aid. (Short Circuit; writing credit: Brent Maddock; S.S. Wilson)

With hopefulness in my heart I told you then that with Lucifer's aid we might look forward to a more succulent occasion (The Fearless Vampire Killers; writing credit: Gérard Brach ; Roman Polanski)

It leaves a bad effect on our allies and gives aid and comfort to the enemy (In Harm's Way; writing credit: James Bassett; Wendell Mayes)

Come to my aid! (CardCaptors; writing credit: Jennifer Pertsch)

Aid our own re-sus-ci-tation (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; writing credit: Mario Van Peebles)

Lyrics

With the aid of 8 dust brothers, Beck Hanson (You Get What You Give; performing artist: New Radicals)

Of an undercover aid (Spies Like Us; performing artist: Paul McCartney)

Spend my last lone quarter on the korn klub's kool aid (Bath Of Fire; performing artist: The Presidents)

Clever

I have gotten to the age where I need my false teeth and hearing aid before I can ask where I left my glasses. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Explosives: A Construction Aid (1958)

Psychological First Aid (1945)

First Aid (1943)

With the Aid of the Law (1915)

By the Curate's Aid (1913)

Song Titles

Hearing Aid (performing artist: They Might Be Giants)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Aid

DomainTitle

References

  • Rite Aid Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Aid Equipment in Egypt: A Strategic Entry Report, 1999 (reference)

  • Japanese Untied Aid and Credits in Vietnam: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Antiseptic Creams, Sprays and First Aid Wipes (reference)

  • The World Market for Radar Apparatus, Radio Navigational Aid Apparatus, and Radio Remote Control Apparatus: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Dr Kellon's Guide to First Aid for Horses (reference)

  • Dr. Amelia's Boredom Survival Guide: First Aid for Rainy Days, Boring Errands, Waiting Rooms, Whatever! (Amelia) (reference)

  • First Aid for Meetings: Quick Fixes and Major Repairs for Running Effective Meetings (reference)

  • First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Farm Aid 2001 - A Concert For America (reference)

  • Where Did I Come From? A Facts of Life Teaching Aid (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Aid

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Photo Album: Aid

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Dr. John Hannah, Adm., AID, addresses group at the 100 millionth smallpox vaccination ceremony. Credit: CDC.

Disaster Aid. Local citizens receive Typhoid vacinations from Dr. M.L. Fuller, Director, Laredo/Webb County Health Unit and other employees in a mass immunization program following the Rio Grande flood of 1954. Credit: CDC.

Gilbert T. Rude As a young aid. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane Aid on the Coast Survey prior to Arctic explorations 1820-1857. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Taken from the top of a navigational aid near Sabine Pass, Texas. Changing Mini-ranger die hard batteries. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Large stand built of welded fuel barrels set as navigation aid on way to South Pole. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Figure 14. W. F. Ewald's and K. Grein's photometer. Left: view of the apparatus. Right (from top to bottom): messenger container; removable photographic plates; removable filters. This instrument was designed by Wolfgang F. Ewald with the aid of Klaus Green. It was first tested off Capri and put to the definitive tests off Monaco in up to 500 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 53. A bottom float for studying currents in closed basins of small extent used by the Copenhagen Hydrographic Laboratory. Left:float. Right: message. This float was first conceived by George P. Bidder with the aid of the Marine Biological Association of Plymouth, U. K., and first used from the HUXLEY in 1904 when 390 were launched in the North Sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Wier, plantings, and wood debris in stream to aid in stream stabilization of Eastern Oregon stream. Credit: Gary Wilson.

Erasmo Montemayer (right), NRCS District Conservationist, and Zaragoza Rodriguez, RC&D coordinator, inspect hydrant operation with a volunteer firefighter from Hebbronville, TX. The Rio Bravo RC&D helped establish dry hydrants to aid in fire protection. [. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Aid
 

"Socorristas" by Ibon San Martin
Commentary: "First aid in the beach."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Aid

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.

Charles Churchill

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

Janeane Garofalo

Vox Number One and I can aid and abet a life well led*.

Margaret Fuller

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

Publilius Syrus

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

Pythagoras

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Thomson

Loveliness needs not the aid of foreign ornament, but is, when unadorned, adorned the most.

Will Rogers

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.

William Hazlitt

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Aid

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

We will not for the future grant to anyone license to take an aid from his own free tenants, except to ransom his person, to make his eldest son a knight, and once to marry his eldest daughter; and on each of these occasions there shall be levied only a reasonable aid. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-1993

But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority and in conformity with his orders. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

In each of the cases, minors of the Negro race, through their legal representatives, seek the aid of the courts in obtaining admission to the public schools of their community on a nonsegregated basis. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Aid

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

She decided, moreover, that he had a right to her utmost aid.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

My child will not die with that frightful sickness for lack of aid.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

You had the sacraments and graces and indulgences of the church to aid you.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Furniture! Thank God, I can sit and I can stand without the aid of a furniture warehouse

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aid

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Some can be used with a hearing aid and others without. (references)

Therapy and intraoral appliances may aid speech and swallowing. (references)

Adults who do not see a physician before getting a hearing aid must sign a waiver. (references)

Business

Until the 1960s, the ROK relied on U.S. military aid to finance defense spending. (references)

When and if this aid flow begins, there could be a number of opportunities for exporters. (references)

Most of this foreign aid (in excess of $15 billion) has been to Arab and Muslim countries. (references)

Children

Belgium

It gives special aid to parents of children with disabilities and to parents with disabilities. (references)

Togo

Orphans and other needy children receive some aid from extended families or private organizations but less from the State. (references)

Egypt

It works closely with U.N. agencies and other international aid donors to design job-training programs for persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Colombia

They were given aid, and the UNHCR reported that their return was voluntary. (references)

Turkey

The province provides some public services and financial aid to the returnees. (references)

Korea

These serve as interlocutors with foreign church groups and international aid organizations. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Korean grant aid requested for designs. (references)

Seychelles

Economic aid received (1995): $16.4 million. (references)

Mongolia

Japan is Mongolia's largest bilateral aid donor. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

Private legal aid organizations assist some defendants. (references)

India

It also continued to provide financial aid to the states. (references)

Angola

WFP subsequently suspended food aid to Kuito temporarily. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

Some NGO's that seek to aid these communities are subjected to verbal attacks, raids, and other forms of intimidation by government security forces. (references)

Indonesia

Land disputes represent the largest category of complaints submitted to the National Human Rights Commission and a significant portion of the cases brought to legal aid foundations and other assistance organizations. (references)

Minorities

India

Since 1998 there has been increased harassment of Christian aid workers. (references)

Political Economy

Moldova

The U.S. is by far the largest bilateral aid donor in Moldova. (references)

Armenia

Armenia, per capita, is the third largest recipient of U.S. aid. (references)

Tanzania

The United States and Japan are not withholding aid from Zanzibar. (references)

Political Rights

Zimbabwe

Government and ruling party supporters used tactics of intimidation and violence, with the aid of security forces, to manipulate the electoral process in four districts holding parliamentary by-elections and three cities holding mayoral elections during the year. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

The formalities for state aid are kept to a strict minimum. (references)

Albania

Receipt of this aid is conditioned on on-going economic reforms. (references)

Travel

Nepal

It has claimed approximately 1700 lives since it began in February 1996. The violence has not affected the Kathmandu valley to a great degree, but in the Midwestern districts of Rolpa, Rukum, Jajarkot, Salyan and Gorkha foreigners, and particularly aid workers, have been threatened and, occasionally, attacked. (references)

Women

Yemen

The only institutionalized aid program for victims is a small shelter for battered women in Aden. (references)

Egypt

Several NGO's offer counseling, legal aid, and other services to women who are victims of domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Oman

All employers are required by law to provide first aid facilities. (references)

Australia

In October Australian Aid (AUSAID) began a development project on the prevention of trafficking in Southeast Asia. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

NGO's exist to aid workers facing deportations, and there have been cases in which the worker's status has been reinstated. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Aid

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Robert Novak

In the short time left for this year's session of Congress, the Senate faces partisan struggles over an economic stimulus bill and aid to farmers and the insurance industry.

Rush Limbaugh

That's why President Bush is trying to hold back House Republican plans to increase Israeli financial aid to show support for their fight against terrorism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Aid

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest to take a neutral position.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Whether our movable force on the water, so material in aid of the defensive works on the land, should be augmented in this or any other form is left to the wisdom of the Legislature.

James Monroe

1817-1825Through every stage of the conflict the United States have maintained an impartial neutrality, giving aid to neither of the parties in men, money, ships, or munitions of war.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837To any just system, therefore, calculated to strengthen this natural safeguard of the country I shall cheerfully lend all the aid in my power.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

William H. Taft

1909-1913Encountering the race feeling against them, subjected at times to cruel injustice growing out of it, they may well have our profound sympathy and aid in the struggle they are making.

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921For myself I beg your tolerance, your countenance and your united aid.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953In addition we have given much-needed aid to the peoples of the liberated countries.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Meanwhile this country has continued to bear more than its share of the West's military and foreign aid obligations.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Major relief efforts to aid refugees in countries of first asylum continued in several areas of the world.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Aid

"Aid" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.19% of the time. "Aid" is used about 8,156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)91.19%7,4381,301
Lexical Verb (infinitive)8.01%65310,016
Lexical Verb (base form)0.7%5744,859
Noun (proper)0.1%8124,375
                    Total100.00%8,156N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Aid

The following table summarizes the usage of "aid" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AidLast name10088,692
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Aid

CountryName
USA

Rite Aid Corporation

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Aid

Expressions using "aid": absence of aid aid and abet aid and abet smb. aid and abet smb. in committing a crime aid de camp aid man Aid prayer aid station aid to air navigation aid to approach Aid to Families with Dependent Children aid to identification aid to landing aid to location aid to navigation aid to refugees aid to taxiing aid worker audiovisual aid band aid behavioural design aid bilateral aid brain Aid Prolog by aid of by the aid of Christian Aid coastal aid come to smb.'s aid come to the aid of deaf aid diagnostic aid Dutch Interchurch Aid economic aid financial aid first aid first aid kit first aid man first aid post first aid station first aid worker foreign aid grant aid ground aid hearing aid hearing aid device homing aid in aid of landing aid legal aid medical aid memory aid mutual aid navigation aid navigational aid night vision aid nursing aid partially untied aid financing programming aid radio aid render first aid short distance navigational aid state aid supernatural aid teaching aid To pray in aid visual aid visual aid to navigatio welfare aid with the aid of. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "aid": aid-agency, Aid-de-camp, aid-donor, aid-donors, aid-financed, aid-for-economic-reform, aid-funded, aid-giver, aid-givers, aid-giving, Aid-major, Aid-spain, aid-tied, aid-to-gnp, Aid-to-india, aid-to-recruitment, aid-user, aid-users, aid-workers.

Ending with "aid": first-aid, foreign-aid, grant-aid, hearing-aid, humanitarian-aid, Kool-aid.

Containing "aid": first-aid attendant, first-aid box, first-aid course, first-aid kit, first-aid outfit, first-aid society, first-aid station, first-aid supplies, first-aid volunteer, social-aid-cum-aphrodisiac.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

financial aid

4,395

farm aid

211

rite aid

4,029

aid first registry

210

kitchen aid

3,612

kitchen aid refrigerator

210

student financial aid

1,663

financial aid consultant

205

first aid

1,580

kitchen aid dishwasher

201

legal aid

1,034

aid

195

first aid kit

947

lemon aid

195

kool aid

780

aid department illinois public

190

federal student aid

708

financial aid services

172

kitchen aid appliance

505

aid expert financial

171

college financial aid

483

management financial aid

170

federal financial aid

449

aid audit financial

165

kitchen aid mixer

435

free application for federal student aid

163

rite aid pharmacy

322

first aid burn

159

band aid

271

kitchen aid part

156

student aid

256

aid kool point

141

finacial aid

241

federal student financial aid

136

first aid supply

237

rite aid.com

124

hearing aid battery

219

federal aid

120

child aid society

214

first aid training

119
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Aid

Language Translations for "aid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

hulp (help), help (abet, accomodate, assist, help), assistent (assistant, assistent, helper). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

ndihmoj (administer, advance, assist, avail, back, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help, help out, lend a hand, make for, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succor, succour, support, take effect, tide over), ndihmës (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor), ndihmë (assistance, backstop, bee, boon, charity, dole, endowment, facilitation, help, relief, stay, subsidy, subvention, succor, succour, support). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

عون (help, helper), ‏مساعدة (assist, assistance, benefit, contribution, good turn, grant, help, relief, subsidy, succor, succour, support), ‏مساعد (accessory, accomplice, advantageous, ancillary, assistance, auxiliary, backing, beneficial, conducive, contributory, favorable, favourable, help, helpful, helpmate, propitious, serviceable, subsidiary, supplementary, support, useful), ‏معونة, ‏نجدة (help, relief, salvage, sos, succor, succour, support), ‏غوث (relief, succor, succour), ‏ساعد (assist, bear smb. a hand, encourage, facilitate, forearm, help, lend, pitch, relieve, shoulder, support, take a hand), ‏عون (assistance, backing, benefit, boost, comfort, lift, relief, succor, succour), ‏المساعد (adjunct, assistant, helper), ‏إتاوة يدفعها تابع إقطاعي إلى متبوعه, ‏أداة مساعدة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съдействувам (abet, co operate, collaborate, concur, conduce, help up, minister, play, promote), налог (imposition, impost, rate, scot, tax, tribute), пособие, помощно средство, помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary), помощ (assistance, benefit, dole, favour, help, leg up, lift, subvention, support), помагам (assist, befriend, benefit, bestead, comfort, give a hand, help, land a hand, pitch in), помагало (appliance, handbook, reference book, stand by, textbook), подкрепям (back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), подкрепа (advocacy, backing, championship, comfort, corroboration, help, maintenance, patronage, promotion, prop, support, sustentation, umbrella, yeoman service), подпомагане (assistance, facilitation, furtherance, helping, lift, patronage, subvention), подпомагам (advantage, back, boost, facilitate, forward, further, get along, help, help on, help up, nurse, patronize, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succor, succour, support), данък (cess, duty, imposition, impost, lot, scot, tax, tribute). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

ajudar (accomodate, assist, help, to help). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

援助 (Aided, Aiding). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pomoc (assistance, help, ministration, refuge, relief, remedy, stand by, standby, succour, support), pomáhat (assist, support, sustain). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hjælpe (accomodate, assist, help), hjælp (help), assistent (assistant, helper). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hulp (assistant, assistent, help, helper), helper (assistant, assistent, helper), famulus (assistant, helper), assistent (assistant, assistent, helper). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

asisti (abet, assist, help), asistanto (assistant, helper), helpo (help), helpi (accomodate, assist, help), helpanto (assistent, helper). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

hjálpa (abet, accomodate, assist, contribute, help), ganga til handa (abet, assist, help). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

یاور (Adjutant, Assist, Assistant, Helper), یاری کردن (Help, Succor), یاری (Companionship, Help), پشتیبانی کردن (Champion, Countenance, Prop, Rally, Second, Support), مساعدت کردن , همدست (Accomplice, Associate, Complier, Cooperator, Pal, Partner), کمک کردن (Boost, Hand, Help, Redound, Relieve), کمک (Adjutant, Ancillary, Assist, Assistance, Avail, Hand, Help, Helper, Helpmeet, Mate, Relief, Second, Service, Subservience, Succor, Support), حمایت کردن (Assert, Defend, Protect, Stead, Support), حمایت (Auspices, Lee, Patronage, Shelter), بردست (Assistant). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

auttaa (accomodate, assist, be of use, help, lend a hand, remedy, support, to help). (various references)

   

French

  

aider, aide (aide), secourir, assister (to grant aid, to provide aid). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

assistint (assistant, helper). (various references)

   

German

  

Hilfe (assistance, easement, help, relief, succor), helfen (abet, accomodate, aiding, assist, avail, be of help to, cure, give a hand, help, lend a hand, relieve, to aid, to assist, to avail, to lend a hand, to second), Hilfsmittel (auxiliary means, expedient, means, resource), Beistand (abetment, assistance, attendance, help, legal adviser, second, sidekick, succor, succour, support), Beihilfe (abetment, abets, aiding and abetting, allowance, contribution, financial assistance, grant, grant-in-aid, help, subsidy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βοηθώ (assist, be of assistance, befriend, help, help along, help out, lend a hand, succor, succour), βοήθεια (assistance, help, helping, lift, succor, succour, support). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מכשיר (apparatus, appliance, gadget, implement, instrument, organ, tool), לעזור (assist, facilitate, help), לסיע (assist, befriend, facilitate, help, succor), תמיכה (assistance, countenance, help, hold, support, sustenance), עזרה (assistance, help, helping, succor, succour), עזר (assistance, help, succour), אמצעי (expedient, facility, implement, indirectly, mean, means, measure, median, medium, mid, middle, organ, resort, resource, resources, step, steppingstone, tool), העזרות (assistance, help), סיוע (assistance, facilitation, help, succor, succour, support). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

segítség (assistance, help, mayday, relief, subsidy, succor, succour, support), segély (assistance, benefit, cost of living allowance, grant, help, redress, relief, subsidy, support), segédeszköz (tool), segítőtárs (helpmate, helpmeet, pander), segít (abet, accomodate, assist, help, lean, minister, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain, to aid, to assist, to avail, to back up, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support), segédlet (assistance, help, study-aid, work-help), segéderő (coadjutor). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

hjálpa (accomodate, assist, help), hjálp (help). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tunjangan (alimony, allowance, subsidy), pertolongan (accomodation, assistance, help), menolong (help), bantuan (assist, help). (various references)

   

Irish

  

cuiditheoir (assistant, assistent, helper), cúntóir (assistant, assistent, helper), cúnamh. (various references)

   

Italian

  

aiutare (abet, accomodate, assist, befriend, help, help each other, help oneself, relieve, render, see through, stimulate, succor, succour, support, to help), assistere (abet, assist, attend, be present, help, look after, minister, nurse, sit in), assistenza (assistance, attendance, help, ministration, presence), aiuto (assistance, assistant, help, rescue). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

補佐 (adviser, assistance, assistant, counselor, help), 扶助 (assistance, help, support). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すくい (help, relief), おうえん (assistance, barracking, cheering, chrome yellow, help, reinforcement, rooting, support), きゅうさい (former wife, help, nonappearance in print, old debt, relief, rescue, salvation), きゅうご (relief), きゅうじょ (relief, rescue), しえん (backing, personal grudge or enmity, purple smoke, rehearsal, support, tobacco smoke, trial performance), ふじょ (assistance, help, medium, shrine maiden, sorceress, support, woman, womankind), ほさ (adviser, assistance, assistant, counselor, help), ほよく (assistance), ほじょ (assistance, auxiliary, support), せわ (assistance, help, looking after), エイド , えんじょ (assistance, support). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

원조 (Aiding, Assistance, Assisting). (various references)

   

Malay

  

pembantu (assistant, helper), membantu (abet, assist, help), bantuan (help), bantu ... membantu (accomodate, assist, cooperate, co-operate, help), bantu (abet, assist, help). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cooney lesh (facilitate, help). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

hjelpe (abet, accomodate, assist, help). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

ayudo (help), ayuda (help), asistent (assistant, helper), asistensia (help), asistènt (assistant, helper), asistí (abet, accomodate, assist, attend, be present, help, witness), yudadó (assistant, helper), yuda (abet, accomodate, assist, help), ousilio (help). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aiday.(various references)

   

Polish

  

pomoc (help), pomagać (accomodate, assist, help). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

ajudar (abet, accomodate, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, encourage, further, help, lend a hand, minister, pilot, relieve, serve, subserve, succor, succour, support, to help). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support, sustain). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

помощь (assistance, facilitation, furtherance, hand, help, helping, relief, succor, succour), помощник (acolyte, adjutant, adjuvant, aide, aider, assistant, assistant secretaries, auxiliary, candle holder, farm hand, farmhand, help, helper, helpmate, mate, second, troubleshooter), помогать помощь;аппарат, помогать (assist, assist in making, bear a hand, befriend, bestead, carry through, help, helped, succor, succored, succour). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cuidich (accomodate, assist, help), comradh, cobhair (assist. See <A HREF="mf02.html#cabhair">cabhair</A>, assistance, help, relieve, succour), cabhair (assist, assistance, help, relieve), còmhnadh (help). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pomoćno sredstvo (remedy), pomoćnik (adjunct, adjuvant, aide, associate, auxiliary, call-boy, coadjutor, contributor, deputy, famulus, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, potman, subsidiary), pomoć (assistance, boost, help, helping, lift, relief, succor, succour), pomagati (bestead, help, minister, redound). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ayudar (abet, accomodate, advance, assist, befriend, boost, dole, Favor, favour, help, help along, help out, help smb. out, lean, lend a hand, pull up, subserve, support, tide over), ayudante (abetter, adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp, assistant, auxiliary, colleague, companion, consultant, contributor, counter, elf, fetish, gillie, Guardian, helper, helpmate, holder, mate), ayuda (abets, accommodation, allowance, assistance, charity, consultation, countenance, crutch, donation, forgiveness, hand, help, intuition, it helps, lift, ministration), asistente (adjutant, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, helper, orderly). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

asisteri (abet, accomodate, assist, help), yepiman (assistant, helper), yepi (abet, accomodate, assist, help), stanbay (abet, accomodate, assist, help), lepi (abet, accomodate, assist, help, mature, ripe, ripen), bakaman (assistant, helper). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

msaada (help). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hjälp (assist, assistance, backing, furtherance, help, helpmate, ministration, remedy, service, succour, support), hjälpa (accomodate, assist, be helped, befriend, Favor, favour, forward, help, minister, relieve, serve, succour, support), bistånd (assistance, help, succour). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

tumúlong (abet, assist, help), tulóng (help), katúlong (assistant, attendant, helper, servant). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

aygıt (apparatus), asístan (assistant, helper), alet (agent, apparatus, appliance, device, gadgety, implement, instrument, instrumental, Jigger, job, means, organ, tool, vessel), yardımcı olmak (assist, be subsidiary to, help, lend assistance), yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), yardım etmek (afford assistance, assist, bear a hand, bear out, bear smb. out, bear up, befriend, comfort, further, give a hand, give a leg up, give smb. a leg up, give smb. a lift, hand, help, lend a hand, lend assistance, lend help to, lend oneself to, make oneself useful, pull through, second, see through, service, support), yardım (alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, stand by, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), destek (anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), çare (antidote, curative, cure, egress, expedience, expediency, expedient, healer, help, medium, obviation, redress, relief, remedy, resort, resource, shift, solution, way out). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яardam (help), hemaяat (help), haraя (help), goldaw (support), goldamak, dalda (help). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сприяння (agency, assistance, auspices, promotion), підстримка (adhesion), помічник (acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, contributor, help, helper, helpmate, second, secondary, seconder, subsidiary, tender), подавати допомогу (administer, administrate, relieve, render service, succor, succour), допомогати (bear a hand, help, stand in), допомога (abetment, assistance, backing, bield, facilitation, furtherance, help, helping, relief, stipend, succor, succour). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự viện trợ người giúp đỡ, sự giúp đỡ (assistance, backing, help, ministration, succor, succour), sự cứu giúp (help, ministration, succor, succour). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

help (assistance, help). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

aantik (accomodate, assist, help), aantah (assistant, helper). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

usizo (help), ulusizo (help), -siza (abet, accomodate, assist, help). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Aid

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

auxilium. (various references)

Old French900-1400

subside. (various references)

Anglo-French1100-1600

succors. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Aid

Derivations

Words beginning with "aid": aide, aided, aider, aiders, aides, aidful, aiding, aidless, aidman, aidmen, aids. (additional references)

Words ending with "aid": aforesaid, afraid, bandaid, barmaid, bondmaid, braid, bridesmaid, caid, chambermaid, counterraid, dairymaid, foresaid, gainsaid, handmaid, housemaid, inlaid, interlaid, laid, maid, medicaid, mermaid, milkmaid, mislaid, missaid, navaid, nonpaid, nursemaid, outlaid, overlaid, overpaid, overplaid, paid, plaid, postpaid, prepaid, qaid, raid, relaid, repaid, resaid, said, soothsaid, staid, taxpaid, unafraid, unbraid, underlaid, underpaid, unlaid, unpaid, unrepaid. (additional references)

Words containing "aid": alcaide, alcaides, baidarka, baidarkas, bandaids, barmaids, bondmaids, braided, braider, braiders, braiding, braidings, braids, bridesmaids, caids, chambermaids, counterraided, counterraiding, counterraids, dairymaids, handmaiden, handmaidens, handmaids, housemaids, maiden, maidenhair, maidenhairs, maidenhead, maidenheads, maidenhood, maidenhoods, maidenliness, maidenlinesses, maidenly, maidens, maidhood, maidhoods, maidish, maids, maidservant, maidservants, medicaids, mermaids, milkmaids, navaids, nursemaids, overplaided, overplaids, plaided, plaids, qaids. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Aid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aad, aadd, aaf, aao, aasd, abd, Abid, acd, ade, adi, Adia, adib, adic, adid, adil, adir, adiu, adix, Aed, aeid, aev, afd, Afic, afid, agid, ahd, ahid, ai, Aiadmk, aib, aibd, aic, aida, Aidab, aidd, Aidoc, Aidoo, aidu, aidv, Aidy, aie, aif, aig, Aih, Aii, aiii, Aij, aik, aind, aio, aip, aiq, aird, Aitc, Aith, Aiu, aiud, aiv, aiw, aiy, aiz, Ajd, Ajdp, Aji, akid, akidi, akif, ald, alid, anid, aod, aoi, apd, apid, Aqd, aqit, Asid, Atd, atid, aud, auda, audy, aui, auid, auv, auw, avd, awd, axd, axid, ayb, ayd, ayed, ayid, azd, azi, azid, azit, daid, eid, faid, ia, iada, iadz, iae, Iau, ifid, Iid, iiid, jaid, kaid, oidd, Qadi, qaid, qid, taid, uai, uid, Uidh, yaid, zaid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Aid"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "aid" (pronounced ā"d)
2ā" dafraid, aide, allayed, arcade, arrayed, bade, bayed, betrayed, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, buffeted, Cade, cascade, charade, cliched, colonnade, conveyed, crocheted, crusade, decade, decayed, degrade, delayed, invade, jade, Lade, laid, lemonade, made, maid, dismayed, disobeyed, displayed, dissuade, evade, fade, Fayed, flayed, forbade, frayed, glade, grade, grenade, hade, handmade, homemade, manmade, Masquerade, mislaid, obeyed, okayed, outweighed, overpaid, overplayed, overstayed, paid, palisade, parade, persuade, pervade, played, portrayed, prayed, prepaid, preyed, promenade, raid, rayed, remade, repaid, replayed, sauteed, serenade, shade, spade, sprayed, Stade, staid, stayed, strayed, suede, surveyed, swayed, tirade, trade, unafraid, underpaid, underplayed, unmade, unpaid, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, Wade, weighed.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Aid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i"

-1 letter: ad, ai, id.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-i"
 

+1 letter: acid, adit, aide, aids, amid, arid, avid, cadi, caid, dais, dial, dita, diva, gadi, idea, kadi, laid, maid, padi, paid, qaid, raid, sadi, said, wadi.

 

+2 letters: abide, acids, acidy, acrid, adieu, adios, adits, admit, admix, aided, aider, aides, ailed, aimed, aired, alcid, algid, amide, amido, amids, aphid, aroid, asdic, aside, audio, audit, avoid, azide, azido, braid, cadis, caids, caird, canid, daily, dairy, daisy, danio, daric, dashi, davit, deair, dials, diary, diazo, dicta, dinar, ditas, divan, divas, diwan, drail, drain, dulia, gaddi, gadid, gadis, hadji, halid, ideal, ideas, iliad, irade, jihad, kadis, khadi, laird, liard, lidar, maids, media, nadir, naiad, nicad, nidal, oidia, padis, padri, pardi, pavid, plaid, podia, qaids, rabid, radii, radio, radix, raids, ranid, rapid, redia, sadis, saids, sapid, sayid, staid, tabid, tidal, triad, tsadi, valid, vapid, viand, wadis, yaird.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Abbreviations
23. Acronyms
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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