transcription, транскрипция: [ eɪd ]
( aids, aiding, aided)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
...regular flights carrying humanitarian aid to Cambodia...
They have already pledged billions of dollars in aid.
...food aid convoys.
N-UNCOUNT : oft supp N , N to n
2.
To aid a country, organization, or person means to provide them with money, equipment, or services that they need.
...US efforts to aid Kurdish refugees.
VERB : V n
• -aided
...grant-aided factories.
...state-aided schools.
COMB in ADJ
3.
To aid someone means to help or assist them. ( WRITTEN )
...a software system to aid managers in advanced decision-making...
The hunt for her killer will continue, with police aided by the army and air force.
= help, assist
VERB : V n , V-ed , also V n to-inf
•
Aid is also a noun.
He was forced to turn for aid to his former enemy.
= assistance
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you perform a task with the aid of something, you need or use that thing to perform that task.
He succeeded with the aid of a completely new method he discovered...
= help
N-UNCOUNT : usu with/without the N of n
5.
An aid is an object, device, or technique that makes something easier to do.
The book is an invaluable aid to teachers of literature...
N-COUNT : oft N to n
6.
If something aids a process, it makes it easier or more likely to happen.
The export sector will aid the economic recovery...
Calcium may aid in the prevention of colon cancer.
VERB : V n , V in n / -ing
7.
see also Band-Aid , first aid , hearing aid , legal aid
8.
An activity or event in aid of a particular cause or charity is intended to raise money for that cause or charity. ( mainly BRIT )
...a charity performance in aid of Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
PHRASE : PHR n
9.
If you come or go to someone’s aid , you try to help them when they are in danger or difficulty.
PHRASE : V inflects