aid: translation
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noun
1 money, food, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ emergency
▪ humanitarian
▪ cash (esp. BrE), development, economic, financial, food, legal, medical, military, reconstruction, relief
▪ Legal aid is a fundamental part of our system of justice.
▪ federal, government, state
▪ foreign, international, overseas
▪ The country relies on foreign aid.
VERB + AID
▪ appeal for, call for
▪ The country's president has appealed for international aid in the wake of the disaster.
▪ extend, give (sb), provide (sb with), send (sb)
▪ get, receive
▪ depend on, rely on
▪ promise
▪ cut, cut off, suspend, withdraw, withhold
▪ The government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.
AID + NOUN
▪ agency, worker
▪ budget, package, programme/program
▪ a $240 million aid package
2 help
VERB + AID
▪ ask for, enlist
▪ We enlisted the aid of John and his family.
▪ come to sb's, go to sb's (= to help someone)
▪ She screamed loudly and two people came to her aid.
PREPOSITION
▪ in aid of (esp.BrE)
▪ We were collecting money in aid of charity.
▪ with the aid of, without the aid of
▪ She is now able to get around with the aid of a walking stick.
3 person/thing that helps ⇨ See also ↑first aid
ADJECTIVE
▪ effective, essential, useful, valuable
▪ teaching, training, visual
▪ hearing, walking (BrE)
▪ memory
▪ navigational
▪ sleep (AmE)
▪ buoyancy (BrE)
PREPOSITION
▪ aid to
▪ Dictionaries are essential aids to learning.
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verb
Aid is used with these nouns as the object: ↑development, ↑digestion, ↑recovery, ↑relaxation, ↑sick, ↑victim