Definition of "assist"

assist

/əˈsɪst/

verb
third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted
1. To help.
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  The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.
  2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC‎
2. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
3. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
4. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
5. (now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
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  I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.
  1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 138
  To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
  1967, The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8
noun
plural assists
1. A helpful action or an act of giving.
2. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
  1. (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
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    Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself.
    2016 January 1, David Hytner, “Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory”, in The Guardian‎
  2. (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

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