helping

[hel-ping]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that helps.

2. a portion of food served to a person at one time.

   That's his third helping of ice cream.

adjective

1. giving aid, assistance, support, or the like.

helping

/ ˈhɛlpɪŋ /

noun

1. a single portion of food taken at a meal

Other Word Forms

• helpingly adverb
• unhelping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of helping¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English; help, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

"We are helping the agency earn back the trust it has squandered."

From BBC

Lucima, who served a jail term in 2021 for helping to dismember a musician, was killed by a single bullet to the chest as he opened his front door in Kensington last year.

From BBC

"Our defence is pretty good and I'll have my wings chasing back and helping out, but when they break the line it's fight or flight."

From BBC

"The focus has to now be on helping the students find suitable alternatives as speedily as possible."

From BBC

Bishop Montgomery has 24 transfer students this year, and a booster who said he had paid parents to move their sons to Narbonne confirmed he also was helping Bishop Montgomery.

From Los Angeles Times