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Etymology 1
From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *help? (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?elb-, *?elp- (“to help”). Cognate with West Frisian help (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), Low German Hülp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Norwegian hjelp (“help”).
Noun
help (usually uncountable, plural helps)
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
Etymology 2
From Middle English helpen, from Old English helpan (“to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”), from Proto-Germanic *helpan? (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *?elb-, *?elp- (“to help”). Cognate with West Frisian helpe (“to help”), Dutch helpen (“to help”), Low German hölpen (“to help”), German helfen (“to help”), Danish hjælpe (“to help”), Norwegian hjelpe (“to help”), Lithuanian šelpti (“to help, support”).
Verb
help (third-person singular simple present helps, present participle helping, simple past helped or (archaic) holp, past participle helped or (archaic) holpen)
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
Interjection
help!
- A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance
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