(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
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 ~ to Cambodia...
They have already pledged billions of dollars in ~.
...food ~ convoys.
N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N, N to n
2.
To ~ a country, organization, or person means to provide them with money, equipment, or services that they need.
...US efforts to ~ Kurdish refugees.
VERB: V n
-~ed
...grant-~ed factories.
...state-~ed schools.
COMB in ADJ
3.
To ~ someone means to help or assist them. (WRITTEN)
...a software system to ~ managers in advanced decision-making...
The hunt for her killer will continue, with police ~ed by the army and air force.
= help, assist
VERB: V n, V-ed, also V n to-inf
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Aid is also a noun.
He was forced to turn for ~ to his former enemy.
= assistance
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you perform a task with the ~ of something, you need or use that thing to perform that task.
He succeeded with the ~ of a completely new method he discovered...
= help
N-UNCOUNT: usu with/without the N of n
5.
An ~ is an object, device, or technique that makes something easier to do.
The book is an invaluable ~ to teachers of literature...
N-COUNT: oft N to n
6.
If something ~s a process, it makes it easier or more likely to happen.
The export sector will ~ the economic recovery...
Calcium may ~ in the prevention of colon cancer.
VERB: V n, V in n/-ing
7.
see also Band-Aid , first ~ , hearing ~ , legal ~
8.
An activity or event in ~ of a particular cause or charity is intended to raise money for that cause or charity. (mainly BRIT)
...a charity performance in ~ of Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
PHRASE: PHR n
9.
If you come or go to someone’s ~, you try to help them when they are in danger or difficulty.
PHRASE: V inflects