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present tense third-person singular of help
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1
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
- offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
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- bolsters,
- boosts,
- buttresses,
- reinforces
- (also reenforces)
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2
to make more bearable or less severe
- the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit
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3
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
- they couldn't help the way things turned out
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4
to provide with something useful or desirable
- being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist
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5
to make better
- some minor revisions would help this essay immensely
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“Helps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helps. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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