HOW TO PRONOUNCE
assistance
/əˈsɪstəns/
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What does assistance mean?
noun
- Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈsɪstəns/
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Despite government efforts at reform and large-scale foreign assistance, the economy still is unable to take advantage of its sizable natural resources.
I was too faint, what with my long fast and the sun beating down on my bare head, to offer any assistance.
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"I have already made that inquiry. Does it suggest anything to your mind? I must confess that it affords me no assistance."
If that had been so, she would no doubt have been of considerable assistance to Claudius in the preparation of the crime.
He, and especially the queen, entertained the strangest illusions as to the possible assistance of Austria, for centuries the rival of France.