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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

assistance

/əˈsɪstəns/

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What does assistance mean?

noun

  1. 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.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
I was too faint, what with my long fast and the sun beating down on my bare head, to offer any assistance.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
More book examples (3)
"I have already made that inquiry. Does it suggest anything to your mind? I must confess that it affords me no assistance."
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
If that had been so, she would no doubt have been of considerable assistance to Claudius in the preparation of the crime.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
He, and especially the queen, entertained the strangest illusions as to the possible assistance of Austria, for centuries the rival of France.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448