assistant
US /əˈsɪstənt/
Definition
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
My assistant will schedule the meeting and send you the details.
Word Family
Synonyms
- aidean officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- helpera person who helps or assists someone
- deputysomeone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
Collocations
- Easy sales assistantdescribing sales assistant (income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time)
- Medium executive administrative assistantdescribing executive administrative assistant (a person responsible for the administration of a business)
- Hard assistant professor of economicsdescribing assistant professor of economics (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
- Very Hard trusted assistant to the CEOto trusted assistant to the CEO, meaning to have confidence or faith in
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