/hɛlp/
Translation
To do something that makes things easier or better for another person.
Word origin
From Old English helpan, a word for aiding or supporting that runs through the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- helpan
Grammar
Examples
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"Help" means to make the task easier for someone.
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"Helps" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Helped" is the past form of "help".
Used in
Stories
(15)A Day Together
2 min read · Core 1000
The First Day
2 min read · Core 1000
The New House
2 min read · Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
3 min read · Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
Cooking Together
3 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
The New Neighbour
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(14)Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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