help (original) (raw)
help verb (STOP YOURSELF)
help yourself B1
to take something for yourself:
"Might I have some more bread?" "Please, help yourself!"
help yourself to something I told my kids to help themselves to anything in the fridge.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
- takeHe offered her the microphone but she wouldn't take it.
- take hold ofGet ready to take hold of the baton as the next runner approaches.
- snatchHe snatched the letter out of my hands before I could read it.
- stealThe car was stolen from right outside our house.
- pinchA thief pinched his wallet and phone.
- seizeFederal agents seized two computers.
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(Definition of help from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
help | American Dictionary
help verb (MAKE EASIER)
[ T ] How can I help you?
help verb (GIVE/TAKE)
to serve something to someone, or to take something for yourself:
Help yourself to more cake.
Idiom
Phrasal verb
help noun [U] (ACT OF HELPING)
Do you need help with those boxes?
(Definition of help from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of help
help
The risk is that clinicians increasingly will be reluctant to do quite ordinary procedures to help patients because of existing guidelines.
Second, physically speaking, patients are usually helped in any such transfer by a nurse, a doctor, or one of the patient's relatives.
Many people with symptoms of psychological distress do not seek professional help.
These parties had a common interest and were supported by non-governmental organisations which helped them put together a strong campaign.
It helps me to think things through systematically and adopt resolve to take action, and it reminds me of my own past thinking.
These roles help to explore other important dimensions of the experience of the patient.
And we can consider possible roles for computers in helping students acquire these necessary skills.
Also, hybrid strategies applied to formation control could help to enhance formation control performance in some robotic tasks.
The role of a doctor is to help the patient at all times and remove the anxiety surrounding the condition.
Pupils were told that they could ask their teachers, another adult or friend for help with the sheets if they needed this.
The story, as it has been told, offers them 'a usable past' that should help them to cope with future change.
You told him that you would help him with writing.
They were explicitly told that some of the characters have features that could help them choose and some did not.
Others pointed out that young people took tremendous risks attempting to help out their families.
Stocking (1994) provides tables that help predict the item pool size necessary for simpler item-bank designs.
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Collocations with help
These are words often used in combination with help.
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To ensure that the correct forms were followed, expert help was necessary, and this help often took the form of the litigation master.
However, even with extra help on the farm, progress was slow.
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