: a person who acts as an assistant
a teacher's aide
specifically
: a military officer who acts as an assistant to a superior officer
Synonyms
Examples of aide in a Sentence
The senate office hired several congressional aides.
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow
Recent Examples on the Web
One of the party’s parliamentary aides was exposed as having links to a Russian intelligence operative.
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Erika Solomon, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Blanche also represented Trump aide Boris Epshteyn when Epshteyn was questioned in a Justice Department investigation involving the former president.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
But with the 2024 general election seven months away, Trump will be on the move on weekends and the occasional week night, holding fundraisers, meeting with advisers and staging campaign events in battleground states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to Trump and his aides.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
And in Lithuania, one of Navalny’s aides was bludgeoned by a hammer – a message that even home soil is not safe.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Palace sources added that his recovery is moving in a positive direction and that his aides are keeping up with their plans for the year ahead while remaining mindful of advice from the monarch's medical team.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
The region of Kharkiv, which borders Russia and already has long, rolling blackouts in place, was forced to cut electricity for 200,000 people, presidential aide Oleksiy Kuleba said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Once, when President Clinton was visiting Syria, President Hafez al-Assad’s handlers tried to prevent Clinton’s military aide from riding in an elevator with him.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
These dire predictions about the monarchy’s imminent collapse came from pundits and pretty much everyone one else in the world who thought that the people around Kate Middleton, including her husband and palace aides, had badly handled global concerns about her health and whereabouts.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Erika Solomon, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Blanche also represented Trump aide Boris Epshteyn when Epshteyn was questioned in a Justice Department investigation involving the former president.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
But with the 2024 general election seven months away, Trump will be on the move on weekends and the occasional week night, holding fundraisers, meeting with advisers and staging campaign events in battleground states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to Trump and his aides.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
And in Lithuania, one of Navalny’s aides was bludgeoned by a hammer – a message that even home soil is not safe.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Palace sources added that his recovery is moving in a positive direction and that his aides are keeping up with their plans for the year ahead while remaining mindful of advice from the monarch's medical team.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
The region of Kharkiv, which borders Russia and already has long, rolling blackouts in place, was forced to cut electricity for 200,000 people, presidential aide Oleksiy Kuleba said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Once, when President Clinton was visiting Syria, President Hafez al-Assad’s handlers tried to prevent Clinton’s military aide from riding in an elevator with him.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
These dire predictions about the monarchy’s imminent collapse came from pundits and pretty much everyone one else in the world who thought that the people around Kate Middleton, including her husband and palace aides, had badly handled global concerns about her health and whereabouts.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aide. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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aide
noun
: a person who acts as an assistant
Medical Definition
aide
noun
: a person who acts as an assistant
volunteer aides
psychiatric aides
see nurse aide
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