aide

«aide» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who helps someone important, such as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an aide, aides)

meaning for a pupil

1) An aide is a person who helps someone important, such as a president, prime minister or general, with their work. tree →

2) A teacher's aide (or teaching aide) is an adult who helps the teacher and the pupils in the classroom. tree →

sense in the lessons

In US, Canadian and Australian schools the «teacher's aide» or «classroom aide» helps children with reading, maths and special needs (in the UK often «teaching assistant»). In news, «aides» to a leader help plan and speak for them. Phrases: «teacher's aide», «a presidential aide», «a top aide».

examples

• Our classroom aide helps me with reading. tree →
• The teacher's aide sat with the new pupil. tree →
• The president's aide gave a speech to reporters. tree →
• Mrs Lee is an aide in the kindergarten class. tree →
• The general sent an aide with a message. tree →
• The aide carried the prime minister's papers. tree →
• Ask the aide if you need help with the worksheet. tree →
• My mum works as an aide at the hospital. tree →
• Mannikin was one of the first to volunteer, but he only asked to go as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in chief, who was a gallant soldier and celebrated for his victories. tree →

note

Countable: an aide. Homophone trap: «aid» (help, as in first aid, hearing aid) sounds exactly the same; an aide is a person, aid is help or a thing. «Aide» ends with -e.

In the corpora

• The teaching assistant or aide helps teach the class and is listened to like a teacher.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aide» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.