Having a subordinate or auxiliary position. / Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness. / A person who assists or helps someone else. / (Britain) Sales assistant.

plural of assistant

plural of assister

(archaic) helpful

plural of assisting

Misspelling of assistance.

simple past tense and past participle of assist

To help. / (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. / (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.

A helpful action or an act of giving. / (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer / (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.