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помога́ть — meaning in English

pomogat

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English meaning

  • aid verb To help or support someone, or to make something easier.
  • assist verb To help someone do something.
  • avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
  • facilitate verb To make a process easier or help it happen more smoothly.
  • help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
  • minister noun A politician who heads a government department.
  • stead noun The place or role of someone or something, especially when taken over by a replacement, as in "in his stead."

Senses

помога́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • aid (transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
  • avail (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
  • facilitate To make easy or easier.
  • help (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
  • minister (intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
  • stead (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.

aid — full definition

  1. verb To help or support someone, or to make something easier.
  2. noun Help, support, or resources given to someone in need.

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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