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assistance in doing something/to do something The company provides advice and assistance in finding work. Extra Examples. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofassistancenounfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary assistancenoun  /əˈsɪstəns/ /əˈsɪstəns/[uncountable](formal) jumptootherresults helporsupporttechnical/economic/militaryassistancefinancialassistanceforpeopleonlowincomesCanIbeofanyassistance?Despitehiscries,noonecametohisassistance.Theotherpassengerswenttoherassistance.withtheassistanceofsomebody/somethingHecanonlywalkwiththeassistanceofcrutches.assistancewithsomethingSheofferedmepracticalassistancewithmyresearch.assistanceindoingsomething/todosomethingThecompanyprovidesadviceandassistanceinfindingwork.ExtraExamplesShehadnoonetoturntoforassistance.Iadviseyoutoseekassistancefromthepolice.Peopleinthefloodedareasareinneedofdirectassistance.TheWorldBankpromisedassistancetothevalueof$5million.Thegovernmentiswillingtolendassistancetovictimsoftheflooding.Thetreatypledgedmutualassistanceintheeventofanattackoneithercountry.Theworkwascompletedwiththeassistanceoflocalcarpenters.Theyarguedthecaseforextragovernmentassistanceforthepoorestregions.Weprovideassistanceifyourcarbreaksdown.assistanceinfindingsuitableaccommodationdisabledpeoplewhoneedpersonalassistancetoenablethemtoliveintheirownhomeshumanitarianassistanceforrefugeesthestigmaattachedtoreceivingsocialassistanceTopicsSocialissuesb2OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadjectiveconsiderablegreatreal…verb+assistancegivesomebodylend(somebody)offer(somebody)…prepositionwithassistancewithoutassistanceassistance for…SeefullentryWordOriginlateMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrench,orfrommedievalLatinassistentia,fromLatinassistere‘takeone'sstandby’,fromad-‘to,at’+sistere‘takeone'sstand’. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. SeeassistanceintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeeassistanceintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: assistance Otherresults Allmatches assistancedognoun TemporaryAssistanceforNeedyFamilies directoryassistance Nearbywords assistverb assistnoun assistancenoun assistancedognoun assistantnoun meaningful adjective     FromtheWordlist OPALwrittenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay