(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
The family decided to ~ me with my chores...
Dr Amid was ~ed by a young Asian nurse.
= help
VERB: V n with n, be V-ed
2.
If you ~ someone, you give them information, advice, or money.
The public is urgently requested to ~ police in tracing this man...
Foreign Office officials ~ed with transport and finance problems...
The Authority will provide a welfare worker to ~ you.
= help
VERB: V n in -ing, V with n, V n, also V n to-inf
3.
If something ~s in doing a task, it makes the task easier to do.
...a chemical that ~s in the manufacture of proteins...
Here are some good sources of information to ~ you in making the best selection...
VERB: V in/with n/-ing, V n in/with n/-ing