{
    "term": "assistance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "help or support",
            "sensetop": "with the assistance of somebody/somethingassistance with somethingassistance in doing something/to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**technical/economic/military assistance**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**financial assistance** for people on low incomes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I **be of any assistance**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Despite his cries, no one **came to his assistance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The other passengers **went to her assistance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He can only walk with the assistance of crutches.",
                    "contextForm": "with the assistance of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She offered me practical assistance with my research.",
                    "contextForm": "assistance with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company provides advice and assistance in finding work.",
                    "contextForm": "assistance in doing something/to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had no one to turn to for assistance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I advise you to seek assistance from the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People in the flooded areas are in need of direct assistance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The World Bank promised assistance to the value of $5 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is willing to lend assistance to victims of the flooding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The treaty pledged mutual assistance in the event of an attack on either country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The work was completed with the assistance of local carpenters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They argued the case for extra government assistance for the poorest regions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We provide assistance if your car breaks down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "assistance in finding suitable accommodation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our staff are trained to give personal assistance such as help with medication."
                },
                {
                    "text": "humanitarian assistance for refugees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the stigma attached to receiving social assistance"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "real"],
                "verb + assistance": [
                    "give somebody",
                    "lend (somebody)",
                    "offer (somebody)"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "with assistance",
                    "without assistance",
                    "assistance  for"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɪstəns/",
                "audio": "as/assistance/assistance__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɪstəns/",
                "audio": "as/assistance/assistance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistere ‘take one's stand by’, from ad- ‘to, at’ + sistere ‘take one's stand’."
}