соде́йствовать — meaning in English

English meaning

• abet verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
• assist verb To help someone do something.
• avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
• further verb To help advance or promote something.
• stead noun The place or role of someone or something, especially when taken over by a replacement, as in "in his stead."

Senses

соде́йствовать 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.]
• avail (transitive) To promote; to assist.
• make for (idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in.
• stead (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.

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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