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assistant
English
Alternative forms
- assistaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French assistant, from assister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?st?nt/
Adjective
assistant (not comparable) (attributive)
- Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
- an assistant surgeon
- Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
- 1790, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science
- Genius and learning […] are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
- The person principally assistant on this occasion, indeed the only one who did any service, or seemed likely to do any, was the landlady […]
- 1790, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science
Translations
Noun
assistant (plural assistants)
- (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
- A person who assists or helps someone else.
- (Britain) Sales assistant.
- A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
- Synonym: wizard
Translations
Related terms
- assist
- assistance
References
Anagrams
- Satanists, satanists, stanitsas
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sis.t??/
Verb
assistant
- present participle of assister
Noun
assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)
- assistant
Derived terms
- assistant numérique personnel
Further reading
- “assistant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
assistant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of assist?
Middle French
Verb
assistant (feminine singular assistante, masculine plural assistans, feminine plural assistantes)
- present participle of assister
- (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of assister
Noun
assistant m (plural assistans)
- assistant (person who is present)
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English assistant.
Noun
assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)
- (Jersey) assistant
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understudy
English
Etymology
under- +? study
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nd??st?di/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nd??st?di/
- Hyphenation: un?der?study
Verb
understudy (third-person singular simple present understudies, present participle understudying, simple past and past participle understudied)
- To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required.
- To act as an understudy (to someone).
- To act in a similar manner to some known person.
Translations
Noun
understudy (plural understudies)
- A performer who understudies; a standby.
- Synonym: standby
- Coordinate terms: body double, stunt double
Translations
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