I.
noun
1 money, food, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ emergency
▪ humanitarian
▪ cash ( esp. BrE ), development , economic , financial , food , legal , medical , military , reconstruction , relief
▪
Legal ~ is a fundamental part of our system of justice.
▪ federal , government , state
▪ foreign , international , overseas
▪
The country relies on foreign ~.
VERB + AID
▪ appeal for , call for
▪
The country's president has appealed for international ~ in the wake of the disaster.
▪ extend , give (sb) , provide (sb with) , send (sb)
▪ get , receive
▪ depend on , rely on
▪ promise
▪ cut , cut off , suspend , withdraw , withhold
▪
The government has now suspended humanitarian ~ to the area.
AID + NOUN
▪ agency , worker
▪ budget , package , programme/program
▪
a $240 million ~ package
2 help
VERB + AID
▪ ask for , enlist
▪
We enlisted the ~ of John and his family.
▪ come to sb's , go to sb's (= to help someone)
▪
She screamed loudly and two people came to her ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ of ( esp. BrE )
▪
We were collecting money in ~ of charity.
▪ with the ~ of , without the ~ of
▪
She is now able to get around with the ~ of a walking stick.
3 person/thing that helps ⇨ See also ↑ first aid
ADJECTIVE
▪ effective , essential , useful , valuable
▪ teaching , training , visual
▪ hearing , walking ( BrE )
▪ memory
▪ navigational
▪ sleep ( AmE )
▪ buoyancy ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
Dictionaries are essential ~s to learning.
II.
verb
Aid is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ development , ↑ digestion , ↑ recovery , ↑ relaxation , ↑ sick , ↑ victim