Meaning
To make something easier for someone.
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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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Grammar articles
(24)Have something done and get something done in English
Clothes in English: trousers, a shirt and a pair of shoes
Conditional sentences in English: zero, first, second, third
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: rules and list
Dependent prepositions in English: good at, listen to, depend on
Discourse Markers in English: well, anyway, actually
Emphasis in English: emphatic do, my own and the very
Future in the past in English: was going to, would, about to
Future tense in English: will vs going to, with examples
Gerund and infinitive in English: verb lists and rules
Inversion and subject-verb-object word order in English
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Ordering and shopping in English: I'd like a coffee, please
Past simple in English: rules, -ed spelling and examples
Phrasal verbs with get in English: 16 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with put in English: 13 meanings, examples
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English, with examples
Reported speech in English: backshift table and examples
English Slang and Informal Words: What Real People Say
Stative verbs in English: I know, not I'm knowing (list)
Used to, would and be used to in English: past habits
Verb patterns with objects in English: want, make, let, see
I wish and if only in English: grammar rules and examples
Suffixes in English: word building with -ness, -ful, -ly
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 3: help, wait, even and 6 more words.