Definition of assistant
1 : a person who assists someone : helper; also : a person holding an assistantship
2 : a device or product that provides assistance software assistants personal digital assistant — see 1pda
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Examples of assistant in a Sentence
an assistant to the college president
an assistant to the store manager
a wealthy executive who has a personal assistant
Recent Examples of assistant from the Web
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Former Notre Dame assistant Mike Sanford was hired last December to succeed Jeff Brohm, who left for Big Ten Conference member Purdue after going 30-10 over three years and guiding WKU to consecutive C-USA titles.
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Another AI startup, iFlytek, has developed a voice assistant that translates Mandarin into several languages, including English and German, even if the speaker uses slang and talks over background noise.
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Ivanka is an assistant to the president, and Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband and Trump’s son-in-law, is a senior adviser.
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Female assistants to the president make an average of $664 more than male ones.
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Dr. Maria I. Rodriguez, assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine advises.
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Former Bengals assistant Bill Walsh got Coslet into coaching in San Francisco in 1980 before Paul Brown and new Bengals coach Forrest Gregg hired Coslet the next year - but not without another workout.
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Two other assistants have held coordinator jobs in the past as well.
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Pettus is a safe crisis management assistant, according to a JCPS database obtained by the Courier-Journal in August.
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Origin and Etymology of assistant
see 1assist
ASSISTANT Defined for English Language Learners
assistant
playDefinition of assistant for English Language Learners
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: a person who helps someone; especially : a person whose job is to help another person to do work
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: a person whose job is to help the customers in a store
ASSISTANT Defined for Kids
Definition of assistant for Students
: acting as a helper to another an assistant manager
Definition of assistant for Students
: a person who assists another
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