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Meaning of "helping" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HELPING

helping  [ˈhɛlpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Helping is 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.

WHAT DOES HELPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

helping

Helping behavior

Helping behavior refers to voluntary actions intended to help the others, with reward regarded or disregarded. It is a type of prosocial behavior. Altruism is distinguished from helping behavior. Altruism refers to prosocial behaviors that are carried out without expectation of obtaining external reward or internal reward.

Definition of helping in the English dictionary

The definition of helping in the dictionary is a single portion of food taken at a meal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELPING


camping
ˈkæmpɪŋ
gaping
ˈɡeɪpɪŋ
gulping
ˈɡʌlpɪŋ
hopping
ˈhɒpɪŋ
housekeeping
ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ
keeping
ˈkiːpɪŋ
landscaping
ˈlændˌskeɪpɪŋ
mapping
ˈmæpɪŋ
overlapping
ˈəʊvəˌlæpɪŋ
ping
pɪŋ
record-keeping
ˈrɛkɔːdˌkiːpɪŋ
scalping
ˈskælpɪŋ
shipping
ˈʃɪpɪŋ
shopping
ˈʃɒpɪŋ
sleeping
ˈsliːpɪŋ
stopping
ˈstɒpɪŋ
sweeping
ˈswiːpɪŋ
typing
ˈtaɪpɪŋ
wrapping
ˈræpɪŋ
yelping
ˈjelpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELPING

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 hand
helpless
helplessly
helplessness
helpline
Helpmann
helpmate
helpmeet

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELPING

clipping
coping
doping
dripping
dropping
dumping
flipping
grouping
home shopping
piping
popping
propping
safekeeping
skipping
slipping
stepping
stripping
swapping
tipping
topping

Synonyms and antonyms of helping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HELPING»

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

Translation of «helping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELPING

Find out the translation of helping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of helping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «helping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

帮助
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ayudando
570 millions of speakers

English

helping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

की मदद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مساعدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

помогает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ajudando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাহায্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aider
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membantu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

helfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

助け
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngewangi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giúp đỡ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உதவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मदत करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yardım ediyor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pomoc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

допомагає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ajutând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βοηθώντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

help
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjälpande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

å hjelpe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of helping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELPING»

The term «helping» is very widely used and occupies the 233 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELPING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «HELPING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word helping.
1
Eric Alterman
If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary to use some sort of standard with which to judge their reliability. Perhaps the answer (strictly advisory) is a body of their peers. Perhaps not.
2
Jello Biafra
What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street and getting people jobs, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half.
3
Andrew Buchan
I think life's a bit of what you make it and a little smidgen of you being the jellyfish, and the tide's just gently helping you along.
4
Paul Buchheit
I'm just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.
5
Trey Burke
I think college prepared me at a really high level. High school, you can take some plays off on the defensive end. Not on purpose, but if your man gets tired, you can rest a little bit. But once you get to college, and especially in the NBA, you can't do that. Even if my man gives the ball up, I'm on help side, helping my team out.
6
Sarah Chalke
But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.
7
Jackie Chan
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
8
Kevin Conroy
People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized - not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience.
9
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
My foundation is based on helping children, and I hand-pick projects that are close to my heart and home.
10
Robert Darnton
As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of book history. I was in my academic corner writing about Enlightenment ideals when the Internet exploded the world of academic communication in the 1990s.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELPING»

Discover the use of helping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to helping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Helping: How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help
In this seminal book on the topic, corporate culture and organizational development guru Ed Schein analyzes the social and psychological dynamics common to all types of helping relationships, explains why help is often not helpful, and ...
Edgar H. Schein, 2010
2
Students Helping Students: A Guide for Peer Educators on ...
This practical guide is considered the standard for training the thousands of college students who serve as leaders, tutors, counselors, and advisors for their peers.
Fred B. Newton, Steven C. Ender, 2010
3
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting ...
While this book exposes past and current development efforts that churches have engaged in which unintentionally undermine the people they're trying to help, its central point is to provide proven strategies that challenge Christians to ...
Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, 2014
4
Helping Teens Who Cut: Understanding and Ending Self-Injury
In this compassionate, straightforward book, Dr. Michael Hollander, a leading authority on self-injury, spells out the facts about cutting--and what to do to make it stop.
Michael Hollander, 2008
5
Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions
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Gerald Corey, Marianne Corey, Cindy Corey, 2014
6
Helping
Text and pictures present ways preschoolers can be helpful to others.
Elaine P. Goley, Debbie Crocker, 1987
7
Supervision In The Helping Professions
"Supervision in the Helping Professions remains a core text in our trainings and we welcome the updates, including the increased focus on ethics and diversity, the discussion of e-enabled modes of supervision and the review of research.
Hawkins, Peter, Shohet, Robin, 2012
8
Helping Friends and Harming Enemies: A Study in Sophocles ...
This book is a detailed study of five plays of Sophocles that examines a key ethical principle.
Mary Whitlock Blundell, 1991
9
Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism: Practical Steps to ...
This book is the first available for parents of children with selective mutism. It offers a broad overview of the condition and reviews the diagnostic criteria for the disorder.
Angela E. McHolm, Charles E. Cunningham, Melanie K. Vanier, 2005
10
Helping Your Anxious Child
If your child suffers from any of these forms of anxiety, the program in this book offers practical, scientifically proven tools that can help.
Ronald M. Rapee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term helping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bookkeeper of Auschwitz Oskar Groening, 94, jailed for helping
In a joint statement, they said: 'SS members such as Groening who took part in the murder of our families have created lifelong and unbearable ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
One Factor Helping Facebook (FB) Stock Rise - TheStreet
One Factor Helping Facebook (FB) Stock Rise. By Kurumi Fukushima Follow | 07/15/15 - 09:52 AM EDT. Reddit · Email · Print · Reprint · Get TheStreet Quant ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
3
Helping South Carolina heal - The Washington Post
In South Carolina these days, no one speaks his name. The 21-year-old man-boy, who allegedly murdered nine people and incited unity ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Mexico suspects 22 officials of helping ′El Chapo′ | News | DW …
Mexican prosecutors have formally taken 22 prison officials into custody on suspicion of helping Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escape. The drug ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
5
Helping at camp brings back memories
I've been pretty heavily involved in the camp since moving to the Pacific Northwest, helping bus teenagers to and from the airport and helping ... «Pamplin Media Group, Jul 15»
6
Helping Hands of Clemson breaks ground on new shelter - FOX …
Helping Hands of Clemson, a foster home and emergency shelter for abused and neglected children, broke ground on a new facility ... «WHNS Greenville, Jul 15»
7
How we're helping Mainers with disabilities live independently …
For Mainers living with physical disabilities, there are options available to help facilitate travel and other everyday activities. Unfortunately ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Autistic teenager praises special school for helping her cope and …
Autistic teenager Katie Greenhalgh appeared on This Morning today to talk living with the condition and praise a special school for helping her ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Pie in the sky — Broughty Ferry chef helping keep Nato pilots in the …
Amid Typhoon jets, nuclear bombers and the potent threat of Russian aggression, one Broughty Ferry man has been an oasis of calm. It is RAF ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
10
Officer pulls over driver for cellphone violation, ends up helping
AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas police officer who pulled over a driver for illegal use of a cellphone ended up helping the woman, who was trying to ... «Fox News, Jul 15»

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