aid

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noun

1 money, food, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ emergency

▪ humanitarian

▪ cash (esp. BrE), development, economic, financial, food, legal, medical, military, reconstruction, relief

▪

Legal aid is a fundamental part of our system of justice.

▪ federal, government, state

▪ foreign, international, overseas

▪

The country relies on foreign aid.

VERB + AID

▪ appeal for, call for

▪

The country's president has appealed for international aid in the wake of the disaster.

▪ extend, give (sb), provide (sb with), send (sb)

▪ get, receive

▪ depend on, rely on

▪ promise

▪ cut, cut off, suspend, withdraw, withhold

▪

The government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.

AID + NOUN

▪ agency, worker

▪ budget, package, programme/program

▪

a $240 million aid package

2 help

VERB + AID

▪ ask for, enlist

▪

We enlisted the aid of John and his family.

▪ come to sb's, go to sb's (= to help someone)

▪

She screamed loudly and two people came to her aid.

PREPOSITION

▪ in aid of (esp. BrE)

▪

We were collecting money in aid of charity.

▪ with the aid of, without the aid of

▪

She is now able to get around with the aid of a walking stick.

3 person/thing that helps ⇨ See also ↑first aid

ADJECTIVE

▪ effective, essential, useful, valuable

▪ teaching, training, visual

▪ hearing, walking (BrE)

▪ memory

▪ navigational

▪ sleep (AmE)

▪ buoyancy (BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ aid to

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verb

Aid is used with these nouns as the object: ↑development, ↑digestion, ↑recovery, ↑relaxation, ↑sick, ↑victim