aid

  • 31Aid — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Aid >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 aid aid aidance Sgm: N 1 assistance assistance help opitulation| succor Sgm: N 1 support support lift advance furtherance promotion …

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  • 32aid — aid1 [ eıd ] noun ** 1. ) uncount money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood: economic/medical aid: The UN provided emergency economic aid… …

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  • 33aid — [[t]e͟ɪd[/t]] ♦ aids, aiding, aided 1) N UNCOUNT: oft supp N, N to n Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves. ...regular flights carrying… …

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  • 34aid */*/ — I UK [eɪd] / US noun Word forms aid : singular aid plural aids 1) a) [uncountable] economics money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood… …

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  • 35aid — aid1 W2S2 [eıd] n 1.) [U] help, such as money or food, given by an organization or government to a country or to people who are in a difficult situation ▪ Foreign aid from many countries poured into the famine area. ▪ convoys delivering… …

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  • 36aid — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money, food, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ emergency ▪ humanitarian ▪ cash (esp. BrE), development, economic, financial, food …

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  • 37aid — 1 /eId/ noun 1 (U) help, such as money or food, given by an organization to a country or to people who are in a difficult situation: Aid is not getting through to the refugees. | in aid of (=in order to help): We re collecting money in aid of… …

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  • 38aid — 01. Countries devastated by the hurricane are in need of immediate [aid] in the form of money, food and medical supplies. 02. He had to perform first [aid] on his wife when they were in a car accident. 03. After the tornado, the country required… …

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  • 39aid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Give support to Nouns 1. (help given) aid, assistance, help, succor, relief; maintenance, sustenance, provision, upkeep, livelihood, daily bread; support, advance, furtherance, promotion; patronage,… …

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  • 40aid*/*/ — [eɪd] noun I 1) [U] money, food, or other help that a government or organization gives to people who need it financial aid[/ex] overseas aid[/ex] 2) [U] help with doing something Chromosomes can be seen with the aid of a microscope.[/ex] Several… …

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