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" I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and even help them develop social skills. This is a national effort, not just here in Las Vegas. I know we can give them a true passion."
Criss Angel

Meaning of "help" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HELP

Old English helpan; related to Old Norse hjalpa, Gothic hilpan, Old High German helfan.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HELP

hɛlp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Help is a verb and can also act as a noun and an exclamation.
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 help in English.



Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WHAT DOES HELP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of help in the English dictionary

The first definition of help in the dictionary is to assist or aid, esp by sharing the work, cost, or burden of something. Other definition of help is to alleviate the burden of by giving assistance. Help is also to assist to go in a specified direction.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HELP

PRESENT

Present
I help
you help
he/she/it helps
we help
you help
they help
Present continuous
I am helping
you are helping
he/she/it is helping
we are helping
you are helping
they are helping
Present perfect
I have helped
you have helped
he/she/it has helped
we have helped
you have helped
they have helped
Present perfect continuous
I have been helping
you have been helping
he/she/it has been helping
we have been helping
you have been helping
they have been helping
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 helped
you helped
he/she/it helped
we helped
you helped
they helped
Past continuous
I was helping
you were helping
he/she/it was helping
we were helping
you were helping
they were helping
Past perfect
I had helped
you had helped
he/she/it had helped
we had helped
you had helped
they had helped
Past perfect continuous
I had been helping
you had been helping
he/she/it had been helping
we had been helping
you had been helping
they had been helping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will help
you will help
he/she/it will help
we will help
you will help
they will help
Future continuous
I will be helping
you will be helping
he/she/it will be helping
we will be helping
you will be helping
they will be helping
Future perfect
I will have helped
you will have helped
he/she/it will have helped
we will have helped
you will have helped
they will have helped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been helping
you will have been helping
he/she/it will have been helping
we will have been helping
you will have been helping
they will have been helping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would help
you would help
he/she/it would help
we would help
you would help
they would help
Conditional continuous
I would be helping
you would be helping
he/she/it would be helping
we would be helping
you would be helping
they would be helping
Conditional perfect
I would have help
you would have help
he/she/it would have help
we would have help
you would have help
they would have help
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been helping
you would have been helping
he/she/it would have been helping
we would have been helping
you would have been helping
they would have been helping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you help
we let´s help
you help
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to help
Past participle
helped
Present Participle
helping
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELP

ayelp · chelp · kelp · skelp · whelp · yelp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELP

helotism · helotry · help a person off with · help a person on with · help desk · help menu · help out · help screens · helpable · helper · helper T-cell · helpful · helpfully · helpfulness · helping · helping hand · helpless · helplessly · helplessness · helpline

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELP

alp · bladder kelp · bull kelp · calp · daily help · gulp · holp · home help · hyphen help · magilp · mother´s help · palp · pedipalp · poulp · pulp · salp · scalp · sculp · self-help · wood pulp

Synonyms and antonyms of help in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HELP»

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

Translation of «help» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HELP

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

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

Translator English - Chinese

救命!
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

¡socorro!
570 millions of speakers
en

English

help
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मदद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النَّجْدَة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

помогите!
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

socorro!
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সাহায্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

à l’aide !
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

bantu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hilfe!
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

助けて!
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

도와줘요!
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bantuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cứu!
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உதவி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मदत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yardım et
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

aiuto!
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

pomocy!
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

рятуйте!
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ajutor!
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βοήθεια!
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

help
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjälp!
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjelp!
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of help

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELP»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of help
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «help».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about help

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «HELP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word help.
1
Criss Angel
I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and even help them develop social skills. This is a national effort, not just here in Las Vegas. I know we can give them a true passion.
2
Kristin Armstrong
We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with.
3
David A. Bednar
A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial.
4
Troian Bellisario
I've had a lot of girls reach out to me about struggling with body image. I've only been able to write back to a few of them, but I've been able to write and have correspondence with a few of them and really talk about what I think they should do or if I think they should ask for help.
5
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
6
Octavia Butler
Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.
7
Deb Caletti
I was a book lover from the beginning. I loved, love, words and images and ideas, the ways a book can make you feel things deeply or help you understand something you never even knew there were words for.
8
Wilt Chamberlain
I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.
9
Duane Chapman
Everybody's under God's planet, and God is the Almighty, the Beginning, the End, the Alpha, the Omega. He's Big Daddy. He gives out these little soldiers and sons and angels and saints to help everybody else get through to him. I'm not the 'Jesus-only or you're going to Hell' kind of guy.
10
Clayton M. Christensen
Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management, that's deal making. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELP»

Discover the use of help in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to help and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Help
Its direct descendent The Help has the same potential...an astonishing feat of accomplishment Daily Express
Kathryn Stockett, 2011
2
Help!: 50 Songwriting, Recording and Career Tips as Used by ...
The book gives tips on how to write lyrics that reach out to your audience, effective recording techniques, band management and building your image.
David Rowley, 2008
3
Self-Help, Inc. : Makeover Culture in American Life: ...
This lucid and fascinating book reveals how makeover culture traps Americans in endless cycles of self-invention and overwork, and offers suggestions for how we can address the alienating conditions of modern work and family life.
Micki McGee Department of Sociology and Anthropology Fordham University, 2005
4
A Guide to Computer User Support for Help Desk and Support ...
Clear, balanced coverage in this edition highlights the latest trends and developments, from Web and e-mail-based support to assistance with Windows 7 and cloud computing.
Fred Beisse, 2012
5
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen's recovery.
James Lock, Daniel Le Grange, 2005
6
Beating Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral ...
This book is relevant to any sufferer, if: • You are not yet sure about whether to seek help • You are not sure where to find help • Your family doctor or others recommend that you try a self-help approach • You are waiting for ...
Glenn Waller, Victoria Mountford, Rachel Lawson, 2010
7
1200 Questions to Help You Pass the Emergency Medicine Boards
New for this edition: · 200 new, case-based questions with many images have been added to provide you with additional review · Existing questions have been updated in response to feedback and new knowledge development in emergency ...
Amer Z. Aldeen, David H. Rosenbaum, 2012
8
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
“A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke; a chapbook to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess.” —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewPublished at the height of the 1980s self-help boom, ...
Walker Percy, 2011
9
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
Insightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, Help, Thanks, Wow is the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure.
Anne Lamott, 2012
10
Online Help Systems: Design and Implementation
This text summarizes the existing knowledge/experience about the design and implementation of help systems.
Greg Kearsley, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term help is used in the context of the following news items.
1
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends - WSJ
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends. As funds set to flow, Tehran and Washington find themselves fighting common regional ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Obama to Announce High-Speed Internet Help for Homes - ABC News
President Barack Obama set a goal of bringing high-speed Internet to most schools by 2017, and now he's promoting a new program to help ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
3
Brussels proposes using EU-wide rescue fund to help Greece - FT …
Brussels proposes using EU-wide rescue fund to help Greece. Peter Spiegel and Alex Barker in Brussels and Elizabeth Rigby in London. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
China Stocks Tumble as Investors Doubt Beijing's Help - WSJ
China Stocks Tumble as Investors Doubt Beijing's Help. Better-than-expected second-quarter GDP could mean Chinese officials will hold back ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Barack Obama praises Putin for help clinching Iran deal - Telegraph
“Russia was a help on this. I'll be honest with you. I was not sure given the strong differences we are having with Russia right now around ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Perry Jones Could Help Celtics, But More Moves Are Still Needed …
Unlike the team's recent signings, Jones should help address an area of need at the wing spot. The Celtics have limited depth there for the time ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
7
How ex-St. Anthony (NJ) stars are trying to help financially strapped …
Hurley spearheads numerous fundraising channels to help create revenue and keep open a place he has seen help thousands of inner-city ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
8
Top Official Says Inside Help Was Likely In 'El Chapo' Escape : NPR
U.S. authorities had wanted Joaquin Guzman extradited, in part over fears that he would get out again. Mexican authorities refused. His escape ... «NPR, Jul 15»
9
Kelly Ripa jokes Bieber's Instagram post is 'cry for help' - NY Daily …
Kelly Ripa has a message for Justin Bieber: Get help. The talk show host spoke out about the 21-year-old pop star's Instagram tribute to her on ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Sizing Up Hillary Clinton's Plans to Help the Middle Class - The New …
Her prescriptions to help workers share more equitably in the fruits of economic growth are grounded in top-notch economic research. Yet for ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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