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assistir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abet verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in 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

  1. verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
  2. verb To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action).
  3. verb To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
  4. verb To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

assist — full definition

  1. verb To help someone do something.
  2. noun In sports, a pass or action that directly leads to a teammate scoring.

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