Hilfsmittel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aid verb To help or support someone, or to make something easier.
- bootstrap verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
- device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
- resource noun Something available to be used to achieve a goal, such as materials, money, or people.
Senses
Hilfsmittel is used for these senses in English:
- aid (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- assistive technology Umbrella term that includes adaptive, assistive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities.
- bootstrap (figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
- device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
- resource Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- rhetorical device A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining).
aid — full definition
- verb To help or support someone, or to make something easier.
- noun Help, support, or resources given to someone in need.
bootstrap — full definition
- verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
- verb In computing, to start up a computer or system by loading a small initial program that then loads the rest.
- noun A loop of leather or fabric at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.