- assistance
- nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, great, real, substantial▪ limited▪ invaluable, valuable▪ practical▪ special▪ direct, emergency, immediate▪
People in the flooded areas are in need of direct assistance.
▪ mutual▪The treaty pledged mutual assistance in the event of an attack on either country.
▪ expert, professional▪ external, outside▪ foreign, international▪ federal, government▪They argued the case for extra government assistance for the poorest regions.
▪ public, social, welfare▪the stigma attached to receiving social assistance
▪ personal▪disabled people who need personal assistance to enable them to live in their own homes
▪ humanitarian▪ development▪ economic, financial, legal, material, medical, military, research, technicalVERB + ASSISTANCE▪ give sb, lend (sb), offer (sb), provide, render▪The government is willing to lend assistance to victims of the flooding.
▪We provide assistance if your car breaks down.
▪ get, obtain, receive▪Did you receive any assistance from the authorities?
▪ pledge, promise (sb)▪The World Bank promised assistance of $5 million.
▪ be in need of, need, require▪ expect▪ ask for, call for, request, seek▪I advise you to seek assistance from the police.
▪ turn to sb for▪She had no one to turn to for assistance.
▪ be of, come to sb's▪Do let us know if we can be of any assistance to you.
▪A sympathetic passer-by came to his assistance.
▪ welcome▪ acknowledgePREPOSITION▪ with assistance, without assistance▪The work was completed with the assistance of local carpenters.
▪ assistance for▪humanitarian assistance for refugees
▪ assistance from▪assistance from friends and family
▪ assistance in▪assistance in finding a place to stay
▪ assistance with▪assistance with rent for people on a low income
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
