- help
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, immense, invaluable, real, substantial, tremendous, valuable▪
You've been a big help—thanks.
▪It's a great help having you around.
▪This plan offers real help to working mothers.
▪ generous▪ much-needed▪ direct▪The careers officer gives direct help as well as advice.
▪ additional, extra▪Is there any extra help for disabled students?
▪ mutual▪The system is based on mutual help rather than on payment for services.
▪ voluntary (BrE), volunteer▪The homeless shelter relies entirely on volunteer help.
▪ federal, international▪ immediate▪ emergency▪The organization provides emergency help for refugees.
▪ online▪The software comes with excellent online help.
▪ individual▪Teachers have little time to give individual help to students.
▪ expert, skilled, specialist (BrE), technical▪ practical▪ outside▪They can usually manage by themselves, but occasionally need outside help.
▪ domestic, household (esp. AmE), kitchen▪ financial, legal, medical, professional, psychiatric▪When the symptoms persisted, I decided to seek medical help.
▪Injured dancers should always seek professional help.
VERB + HELP▪ get, have, receive▪They had substantial help from farmers.
▪ appeal for (esp. BrE), ask for, beg for, call for, request, scream for, seek, send for, shout for, solicit (esp. AmE)▪Police are appealing for help in catching the killers.
▪I opened the window and called for help.
▪ bring, enlist, fetch (BrE), find, get, obtain, recruit, summon▪He enlisted the help of a private detective in his search for the truth.
▪He ran to get help.
▪ could use (AmE), need, require, want▪Do you need any help unloading the car?
▪ accept▪He's too proud to accept help.
▪ refuse▪ come to, give sb, offer (sb), provide (sb with)▪Passers-by came to the woman's help when she was mugged.
▪ appreciate, welcome▪I really appreciate your help.
▪ acknowledgeHELP + VERB▪ arrive, come▪He lay injured for four hours before help arrived.
▪ be at hand (informal)▪Don't panic—help is at hand.
HELP + NOUN▪ desk, line (usually helpdesk, helpline)▪For further information, call our helpline.
▪ menu▪The program has a help menu.
PREPOSITION▪ beyond help▪Some of the injured animals were beyond help and had to be destroyed.
▪ of help▪The manual is too technical to be of help to the user.
▪ with help▪With a little help, I think I could fix the computer myself.
▪We broke open the lock with the help of a hammer.
▪ help for▪They provide special help for the long-term unemployed.
▪ help from▪With help from a parent, a child can do simple cooking.
▪ help in▪Local teachers provided invaluable help in developing the material.
▪ help to▪She's been a big help to her father.
▪ help with▪He'll need help with this homework.
PHRASES▪ an appeal, a plea, a request, etc. for help▪The family's request for help went unanswered.
▪ a cry for help▪I heard a cry for help from inside the building.
▪ in need of help▪The man was clearly in need of urgent medical help.
▪ an offer of help▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He rudely rejected her kind offer of help.
verb1 do sth for sbADVERB▪ a lot▪My mother helps me a lot.
▪ a bit (esp. BrE), a little▪ gently▪He gently helped her back into the chair.
▪ actively▪He had actively helped many Jews to escape.
VERB + HELP▪ be able to, can▪Can you help me with my homework?
▪ be unable to, cannot▪I'm afraid I can't help you.
▪ try to▪I was only trying to help.
PREPOSITION▪ across▪I helped her across the road.
▪ into▪ out of▪She helped the old man out of the car.
▪ with▪We all help with the housework.
PHRASES▪ help sb to their feet▪Mike helped the old lady to her feet.
▪ a way of helping▪the best way of helping your child
2 make sth easier/betterADVERB▪ considerably, dramatically, enormously, greatly, immeasurably, a lot, really, significantly, tremendously▪Talking to a counsellor/counselor helped her enormously.
▪The whole process was greatly helped by the widespread availability of computers.
▪ a bit (esp. BrE), a little▪ certainly, definitely, undoubtedly▪It certainly helped that her father is a millionaire!
▪ surely▪ supposedly▪Lavender oil supposedly helps you sleep.
▪ hardly▪His statement hardly helped his case.
▪ not necessarily▪Intense guilt won't necessarily help here.
▪ in some way, somehow▪I thought a walk would help somehow.
▪ financially▪ directly▪ generally▪ inadvertently, unwittingly▪Many people inadvertently help thieves by leaving keys in full view.
VERB + HELP▪ be designed to▪The minimum wage is designed to help people in low-pay service industries.
PREPOSITION▪ in▪Iron helps in the formation of red blood cells.
Help is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑drug
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
