avustava — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accessory noun An additional item that complements or completes something, especially an outfit.
- ancillary adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
- assistant noun A person who helps someone else with their work.
- auxiliary adjective Providing extra help or support to something else, rather than being the main part.
- menial adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
- ministerial adj Relating to a government minister or ministry.
- supporting adj Providing help or a secondary role.
- tributary noun A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
Senses
avustava is used for these senses in English:
- accessory (legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
- adjuvant (formal) Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful. [from 16th c.]
- ancillary Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
- assistant Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
- auxiliary Helping; giving assistance or support.
- menial Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
- ministerial (especially, law) Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).
- supporting That supports.
accessory — full definition
- noun An additional item that complements or completes something, especially an outfit.
- noun A person who helps someone commit a crime without directly carrying it out.
- adj Supplementary or secondary rather than essential.
ancillary — full definition
- adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
- noun A person or thing that provides support to a main activity, such as a support worker in a hospital or school.