Meaning of "aid" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AID

Via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AID

aid  [eɪd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AID

Aid is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb aid in English.

WHAT DOES AID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aid

In international relations, aid is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Humanitarianism and altruism are at least partly an objective for the giving of aid. It may have other functions as well: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access. Aid may be given by individuals, private organizations, or governments. Standards delimiting exactly the kinds of transfers that count as aid vary. For example, aid figures may or may not include transfers for military use: the United States, for example, included military assistance in its aid figure until 1957 but no longer does. The most widely used measure of aid is "Official Development Assistance".

Definition of aid in the English dictionary

The first definition of aid in the dictionary is to give support to ; help or assist. Other definition of aid is to assist financially. Aid is also assistance; help; support.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AID

PRESENT

Present

I aid

you aid

he/she/it aids

we aid

you aid

they aid

Present continuous

I am aiding

you are aiding

he/she/it is aiding

we are aiding

you are aiding

they are aiding

Present perfect

I have aided

you have aided

he/she/it has aided

we have aided

you have aided

they have aided

Present perfect continuous

I have been aiding

you have been aiding

he/she/it has been aiding

we have been aiding

you have been aiding

they have been aiding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I aided

you aided

he/she/it aided

we aided

you aided

they aided

Past continuous

I was aiding

you were aiding

he/she/it was aiding

we were aiding

you were aiding

they were aiding

Past perfect

I had aided

you had aided

he/she/it had aided

we had aided

you had aided

they had aided

Past perfect continuous

I had been aiding

you had been aiding

he/she/it had been aiding

we had been aiding

you had been aiding

they had been aiding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will aid

you will aid

he/she/it will aid

we will aid

you will aid

they will aid

Future continuous

I will be aiding

you will be aiding

he/she/it will be aiding

we will be aiding

you will be aiding

they will be aiding

Future perfect

I will have aided

you will have aided

he/she/it will have aided

we will have aided

you will have aided

they will have aided

Future perfect continuous

I will have been aiding

you will have been aiding

he/she/it will have been aiding

we will have been aiding

you will have been aiding

they will have been aiding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would aid

you would aid

he/she/it would aid

we would aid

you would aid

they would aid

Conditional continuous

I would be aiding

you would be aiding

he/she/it would be aiding

we would be aiding

you would be aiding

they would be aiding

Conditional perfect

I would have aid

you would have aid

he/she/it would have aid

we would have aid

you would have aid

they would have aid

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been aiding

you would have been aiding

he/she/it would have been aiding

we would have been aiding

you would have been aiding

they would have been aiding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you aid
we let´s aid
you aid

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to aid

Past participle

aided

Present Participle

aiding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «AID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «aid» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of aid

abet · abettor · adjutant · aide · aide-de-camp · alms · assist · assistance · assistant · avail · backing · benefit · charity · encourage · encouragement · endowment · expedite · facilitate · favour · forward · funds · further · help · helper · helping hand · koha · largesse · philanthropy · promote · promotion · relief · relieve · second · serve · subsidize · succour · support · supporter · sustain · sustenance

TRANSLATION OF AID

Find out the translation of aid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of aid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aid» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 援助
• Translator English - Spanish: ayuda
• English: aid
• Translator English - Hindi: सहायता
• Translator English - Arabic: إِعَانَة
• Translator English - Russian: помощь
• Translator English - Portuguese: auxílio
• Translator English - Bengali: চিকিত্সা
• Translator English - French: aide
• Translator English - Malay: Bantuan
• Translator English - German: Hilfe
• Translator English - Japanese: 援助
• Translator English - Korean: 원조
• Translator English - Javanese: Sepindah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự viện trợ
• Translator English - Tamil: உதவி
• Translator English - Marathi: मदत
• Translator English - Turkish: yardım
• Translator English - Italian: aiuto
• Translator English - Polish: pomoc
• Translator English - Ukrainian: допомога
• Translator English - Romanian: ajutor
• Translator English - Greek: βοήθεια
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hulp
• Translator English - Swedish: hjälpmedel
• Translator English - Norwegian: bistand

10 QUOTES WITH «AID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word aid.

1

Saint Ambrose

It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate.

2

Richard Armitage

You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are - in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs.

3

Jane Asher

The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use to me. Schools should teach the basics of cookery, first aid, how to look after your money and how to speak foreign languages. Useful things.

4

Melissa Bean

My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace.

5

Zbigniew Brzezinski

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

6

James Buchan

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

7

Paul Cezanne

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

8

William Ellery Channing

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.

9

Cat Cora

Following the devastating India Ocean tsunami of 2004, I founded Chefs for Humanity, modeled after Doctors Without Borders, but comprised of chefs. There wasn't anything out there like it, and there was a definite need for chefs to be able to offer assistance and aid.

10

Peter Coyote

I think you have a social responsibility as the villain, which is pretty different from the hero's responsibility. If you have any kind of a social or political conscience at all, the first thing you want to do is make malevolence recognizable to people, almost as a kind of teaching aid.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AID»

Discover the use of aid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The First Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats

Provides a directory of first-aid and emergency procedures for cats and dogs, covering everything from identifying a problem and performing CPR to administering a pill and follow-up care.

Amy D. Shojai, 2001

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better ...

In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African ...

Dambisa Moyo, 2009

Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World

A critical account of the rise of celebrity-driven “compassionate consumption.”

Lisa Ann Richey, Stefano Ponte, 2011

Aid: Understanding International Development Cooperation

This benchmark study by two leading authorities on international development cooperation: * Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of aid as it has evolved over the last 50 years.* Pays special attention to the new challenges ...

John Degnbol-Martinussen, Poul Engberg-Pedersen, 2003

First Aid Manual

The latest edition of this best-selling manual, published in association with the UK's three leading first-aid providers, St John's Ambulance, St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross, gives you the knowledge you need ...

‎2011

Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification

This comprehensive text provides the hearing health professional with a broad overview of the advances in technology and clinical insights relating to hearing aid devices and those who use them.

Robert E. Sandlin, 2000

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

"An American classic" (Newsweek) that defined a generation. “An astonishing book” (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s.

Tom Wolfe, 2008

First Aid, CPR, and AED

First Aid and CPR

Alton L. Thygerson, Benjamin Gulli, Jon R. Krohmer, 2007

EU Law on State Aid to Airlines: Law, Economics and Policy

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the law regulating State aids to airlines, which includes sections on Articles 107 TFEU and 108 TFEU as well as an overview of legal issues raised by air transport and competition in the EU, in ...

Magnus Schmauch, 2012

Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics

Carol Lancaster effectively puts this dispute to rest here by providing the most comprehensive answer yet to the question of why governments give foreign aid.

Carol Lancaster, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aid is used in the context of the following news items.

Japan boosts aid to 'Mekong five' nations

Japan has pledged Y750bn ($6.1bn) in aid to the “Mekong five” nations over the next three years as Tokyo seeks fresh influence in a region it ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

ECB to consider whether or not to continue financial aid to Greece

The European Central Bank will consider whether to continue providing emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) to Greece at a scheduled ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

Oxi: Greeks Overwhelmingly Reject Aid Package in Referendum

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has denounced the price paid for aid as "blackmail" and a national "humiliation". Hundreds of Greeks began ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

Greece needs humanitarian aid: Official

... banks would re-open in a day or two "very difficult and dangerous" and said Europe needed to urgently discuss humanitarian aid for Greece. «CNBC, Jul 15»

The legacy of Live Aid: 30 years after they played to Feed the World

U2 were well over half-way through their epic Live-Aid set when Bono made a career changing decision. Like every other act, the Dublin four ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

Varoufakis resigns as Greek finance minister 'to aid deal'

After securing a 'no' vote at Greek referendum on bailout, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned, saying it would help Prime Minister ... «RT, Jul 15»

Japan to emphasize its health care aid at next G-7 summit

Under the new strategy, Japan would launch programs to train public health experts in developing countries and increase financial aid for ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»

Rite Aid deals 7/5: Milk, Crest, Dove hair care & more!

The Rite Aid coupon policy can be found on their website. More details on their coupon policy and rewards programs are located at the bottom ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»

Defence lawyers received thousands in Legal Aid during Suzie …

The estranged husband of a former radio received almost £20,000 of Legal Aid to defend himself against claims he attacked her. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

Sloss Fest 2015 lineup: Things to know about First Aid Kit before …

Good to know: First Aid Kit recorded a song tribute to Birmingham native Emmylou Harris for its 2012 album, "The Lion's Roar." The Soderbergs ... «AL.com, Jul 15»