assist

  1. Noun.  A helpful action or an act of giving.
  2. Noun.  (sports) a statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
  3. Verb.  (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance.
  4. Verb.  To help.
  5. Verb.  (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

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