assistir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abet verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
- assist verb To help someone do something.
- attend verb To be present at an event, class, or place.
- attending adj Being present at, or accompanying, an event or situation.
- chaperone noun An adult who accompanies and supervises younger people at a social event, to make sure things stay appropriate.
- watch noun A small timepiece worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket.
Senses
assistir is used for these senses in English:
- abet (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]
- attend (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]
- attending Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
- chaperone To act as a chaperone.
- up to Within the responsibility of, to be attributed to the sphere of influence of, having someone or something as authoritative in.
abet — full definition
- verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
- verb To support or back up a good cause, opinion or action.
- verb To push someone towards doing something worthwhile.
- verb (dated) To back a prediction by putting money on it.
assist — full definition
- verb To help someone do something.
- noun In sports, a pass or action that directly leads to a teammate scoring.
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