(assists, assisting, assisted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
The family decided to assist me with my chores...
Dr Amid was assisted by a young Asian nurse.
= help
VERB: V n with n, be V-ed
2.
If you assist someone, you give them information, advice, or money.
The public is urgently requested to assist police in tracing this man...
Foreign Office officials assisted with transport and finance problems...
The Authority will provide a welfare worker to assist you.
= help
VERB: V n in -ing, V with n, V n, also V n to-inf
3.
If something assists in doing a task, it makes the task easier to do.
...a chemical that assists in the manufacture of proteins...
Here are some good sources of information to assist you in making the best selection...
VERB: V in/with n/-ing, V n in/with n/-ing