aid

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈeɪd/ UK /eɪd/ See IPA manual

Homophones

aide /ˈeɪd/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like ed /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/

Freq #3748

Meanings

1

noun
Help or support, especially given to people in need.

He came to my aid when I was struggling.
2

verb
To help or support someone.

Volunteers aided the hurricane victims.
3

noun
Something that helps you do something.

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Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · help or support, especially... assistance help

2 verb · to help or support someone. assist help

More befriendbestandcooperate promote relieve serve succor succour support sustain

Word family

Forms aidedaiding

Derived forms aidableaidanceaidernonaidedunaidedunaidingunderaid

Related forms aidantaide-de-camp

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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foreign aid
money, supplies, or other assistance given by one country to another

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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band-aid fix
a hasty, temporary solution that patches a symptom without addressing the root cause

Simplified etymology

Aid came into English through Old French from Latin adjuvare, formed from ad- ‘towards’ and juvare ‘to help’.

Etymology

From Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adiūtō, adiūtāre (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto.

aide Middle English eide Old French adiuto Latin

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Topics

People & Society

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# aid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈeɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /eɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 3748

## Meanings
1. Help or support, especially given to people in need.
2. To help or support someone.
3. Something that helps you do something.

## Examples
- He came to my aid when I was struggling.
- Volunteers aided the hurricane victims.
- Visual aids make lessons easier to follow.

## Synonyms
- assist
- befriend
- bestand
- cooperate
- help
- promote
- relieve
- serve
- succor
- succour
- support
- sustain

## Derived Forms
- aidable
- aidance
- aider
- nonaided
- unaided
- unaiding
- underaid

## Related Forms
- aidant
- aide-de-camp

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aide
- Root: eide
- Root: adiuto

## Etymology
From Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adiūtō, adiūtāre (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto.

## AI Etymology
Aid comes from Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adiūtō, adiūtāre (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto. The historical line also includes Latin adiuto.

## Topics
- People & Society

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