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as·sis·tant

(ə-sĭs′tənt)

One that assists; a helper.

adj.

1. Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate.

2. Giving aid; auxiliary.

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assistant

(əˈsɪstənt)

1. (Professions)

a. a person who assists, esp in a subordinate position

b. (as modifier): assistant manager.

2. (Commerce) See shop assistant

3. (Professions) See shop assistant

adj

archaic helpful or useful as an aid

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as•sis•tant

(əˈsɪs tənt)

n.

1. a person who gives aid and support; helper.

2. a person who is subordinate to another in rank, function, etc.; aide; adjutant.

3. something that aids and supplements another.

4. a faculty member in a college or university ranking below an instructor.

adj.

5. assisting; helpful.

6. serving in an immediately subordinate position; of secondary rank.

[1400–50; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	assistant - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" helper, help, supporter coadjutor - an assistant to a bishop worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" accomplice, confederate - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) auxiliary, aide - someone who acts as assistant attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another bat boy - (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment dental assistant - an assistant to a dentist deputy, lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent actor's assistant, dresser - a wardrobe assistant for an actor event planner - someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) facilitator - someone who makes progress easier flower girl - a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession girl Friday - a female assistant who has a range of duties enforcer, hatchet man - one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior cat's-paw, pawn, instrument - a person used by another to gain an end birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice - an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes underboss - an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, manikin, model - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin" poser, model - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" paraprofessional - a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional powder monkey - someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) prompter, theater prompter - someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man - the most helpful assistant secretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another water boy, waterer - an assistant who supplies drinking water whipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
Adj.	1.	assistant - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another adjunct subordinate, low-level - lower in rank or importance

assistant

noun

1. helper, partner, ally, colleague, associate, supporter, deputy, subsidiary, aide, aider, second, accessory, attendant, backer, protagonist, collaborator, accomplice, confederate, auxiliary, henchman, right-hand man, adjutant, helpmate, coadjutor (rare), abettor, cooperator He had been accompanied to the meeting by an assistant.

2. salesperson, shop assistant, checkout person, retail assistant The assistant checked the price on the back cover of the book.

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assistant

noun

A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:

adjutant, aide, auxiliary, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second.

adjective

Giving or able to give help or support:

accessory, ancillary, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, subsidiary, supportive.

Translations

مُسَاعِد مُساعِدمُساعِد في حانوت

asistentpomocníkprodavačasistentkapomocnice

assistentekspedienthjælpe-medhjælper

Assistent Mitarbeiter stellvertretend Stellvertreter Verkäufer

βοηθός επίκουρος

ayudante dependiente adjunto asistente auxiliar

avustaja

adjoint assistant vendeur aide

pomoćnik

asszisztenshelyettessegéd

afgreiîslumaîuraîstoîarmaîur

assistente collaboratore aggiunto aiutante

助手

조수

assistent

assistent assisterende ekspeditør hjelpe-medhjelper

asystent

assistente

ассистентка ассистент заместитель помощник

asistent

asistentpomočnikprodajalec

assistent

ผู้ช่วย

asistan tezgâhtar yardımcı

trợ lý

助手店员

assistant

[əˈsɪstənt]

A. N → ayudante mf; (= language assistant) → lector(a) m/f

B. CPD assistant director N (Theat) → ayudante mf de dirección
assistant manager N → subdirector(a) m/f
assistant master N (Brit) (Scol) (o.f.) → profesor m de instituto
assistant mistress N (Brit) (Scol) (o.f.) → profesora f de instituto
assistant principal N (Scol) → subdirector(a) m/f
assistant professor N (US) → profesor(a) m/f agregado/a
assistant secretary N → subsecretario/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

assistant

[əˈsɪstənt]

(= aid) → assistant(e) m/f; (in administration) → adjoint(e) m/f

(British) (also shop assistant, sales assistant) → vendeur(e) m/f

(SCHOOL) French assistant → assistant(e) m/f de français
English assistant → assistant(e) m/f d'anglais

modif
assistant secretary of defense (US) → secrétaire m/f adjoint(e) de la défense
a young assistant professor at Harvard → un jeune maître assistant à Harvard assistant manager, assistant refereeassistant manager n → sous-directeur/trice m/f, directeur/trice m/f adjoint(e)assistant referee n (FOOTBALL) → juge m de touche

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

assistant

n → Assistent(in) m(f); (= shop assistant) → Verkäufer(in) m(f); are you in charge here? — no, I am just an assistant → sind Sie hier der Chef? — nein, ich bin bloß Mitarbeiter

adj attr manager etc → stellvertretend

assistant

assistant master/mistress

n → Lehrer(in) m(f) (ohne besondere zusätzliche Verantwortung)

assistant priest

n → Hilfspriester m

assistant professor

n (US) → Assistenz-Professor(in) m(f)

assistant referee

n (Ftbl) → Schiedsrichterassistent(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

assistant

[əˈsɪst/ənt]

1. n → aiutante m/f, assistente m/f, aiuto (Brit) (also shop assistant) → commesso/a

2. adj → aiuto inv

assist

(əˈsist) verb

to help. The junior doctor assisted the surgeon at the operation.

asˈsistance noun

help. Do you need assistance?

asˈsistant noun

1. a person who assists; a helper. a laboratory assistant; (also adjective) an assistant headmaster.

2. a person who serves in a shop.

assistant

→ مُسَاعِد asistent assistent Assistent βοηθός ayudante avustaja assistant pomoćnik assistente 助手 조수 assistent assistent asystent assistente помощник assistent ผู้ช่วย yardımcı trợ lý 助手

as·sis·tant

n., a. asistente, ayudante.

assistant

n asistente mf, auxiliar mf, ayudante mf; certified nursing — auxiliar de enfermería certificado; medical — asistente médico, persona entrenada para ayudar al médico en el consultorio o en la clínica; nursing — auxiliar de enfermería; physician’s — asistente médico, persona entrenada para diagnosticar y tratar enfermedades comunes bajo la supervisión de un médico

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