aid

aide, secours

Soutien apporté à une personne qui en a besoin ou qui est en difficulté.

En anglais simple : Help given to someone who needs support or is in difficulty.

• She called for aid.
• We finished the job with his aid.
• Who came to your aid when you fell?

Comment l'utiliser : come to someone’s aid (A stranger came to our aid.)

Synonymes : help, assistance

Expressions courantes : come to someone’s aid, with someone’s aid, first aid

aide, assistance

Argent, nourriture ou médicaments fournis aux personnes dans le besoin, souvent par des États ou des organismes.

En anglais simple : Help such as money, food, or medicine given to people who need it, often by governments or organizations.

• The country needs food aid.
• Several governments sent aid after the storm.
• Medical aid has reached the villages.

Synonymes : assistance, relief

Expressions courantes : foreign aid, humanitarian aid, send aid

aide, auxiliaire

Personne ou chose qui aide à accomplir une tâche.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that helps you do something.

• This chart is a useful aid.
• He uses a hearing aid.
• The exercises work as memory aids.

Comment l'utiliser : aid to something (Pictures are a useful aid to learning.)

Synonymes : helper, tool

Expressions courantes : hearing aid, learning aid, aid to something, walking aid

aider, assister

Soutenir quelqu’un ou rendre une tâche plus facile.

En anglais simple : To help someone or make something easier to do.

• Exercise can aid recovery.
• Local people aided the rescue team.
• The extra money has aided our research.

Comment l'utiliser : aid someone in doing something (The guide aided us in finding the route.); aid in something (The new equipment aids in diagnosis.)

Synonymes : help, assist

Contraires : hinder

Expressions courantes : aid someone, aid recovery, aid in something