Used in a Sentence

assists

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for assists.

Editorial note

However, what IS a huge threat to Hollywood is the increased power of indie filmmakers with technological assists.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To help.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of assists gathered in one view.

verb

To help.

noun

A helpful action or an act of giving.

verb

(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for assists.

verb

To help.

noun

A helpful action or an act of giving.

verb

(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

noun

(sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals

Example sentences

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However, what IS a huge threat to Hollywood is the increased power of indie filmmakers with technological assists.

2

We could use gravity assists from Venus and/or Mercury to alter velocity directly towards the sun, too.

3

Digital technology assists with this but it is no way the panacea that some ideological folks imagine it to be.

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This is where discoverability is primarily useful, as it assists the inexperienced user and the dilettante.

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It could be much lower than that if you take roundabout trajectories with gravity assists from Earth, Venus and Mercury.

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In a particular culture, there is an usually semi-well defined set of protocols that assists us to decipher the non-verbal communications.

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You will also get a QA Engineer for some hours per month that quickly assists you in getting the needed test coverage.

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It's purpose is to assists with unit tests in a sane manner but it's great for other random things; reminiscent of netcat.

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Well there is an addon for firefox (no script) that assists with it...

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Gravity assists or aerobraking both help hugely, as they avoid the need to carry fuel, and the tyranny of the rocket equation (more below).

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At the core of our product is a personal advisor who assists business owners with their administrative tasks and provides them with valuable insights.

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I also agree that verbosity (up to a reasonable point) assists in maintaining codebases over time.

Quote examples

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I suspect that if a github project had some code that "assists the mentally retarded", it would not bring on the TOS violation police.

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I don't think true "auto driving" (as opposed to some sensor-driven safety assists) is feasible in the next decade or so, well-past the rumored timetable for an "Apple Car".

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According to the release notes [1], "For the amd64 architecture only, the compiler has a new option, -dynlink, that assists dynamic linking by supporting references to Go symbols defined in external shared libraries."...so I assume if you want all of your Go signatures visible in your shared Go libraries, you can do it on x64.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use assists in a sentence?

However, what IS a huge threat to Hollywood is the increased power of indie filmmakers with technological assists.

What does assists mean?

To help.

What part of speech is assists?

assists is commonly used as verb, noun.