1 [U] money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations:
economic / humanitarian / emergency aid * An extra ｣10 million in foreign aid has been promised. * aid agencies (= organizations that provide help) * medical aid programmes
seealsoFINANCIALAID, LEGALAID
2 [U] help that you need to perform a particular task:
He was breathing only with the aid of a ventilator. * This job would be impossible without the aid of a computer.
3 [U] (formal) help that is given to a person:
One of the station staff saw he was in difficulty and came to his aid (= helped him).
seealsoFIRSTAID
4 [C] an object, a machine, a tool, etc. that you use to help you do sth:
a hearing aid * Photographs make useful teaching aids.
IDIOMS
in aid of sth/sb (BrE) in order to help sb/sth:
collecting money in aid of charity
what's...in aid of? (BrE, spoken) used to ask why sth is happening:
What's all this crying in aid of?
verb ~ (sb/sth) (in sth / in doing sth)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is aid a noun, verb, or something else?
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