aide

noun

ˈād How to pronounce aide (audio)
Definition of aidenext
as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow served as an aide in his father's senatorial campaign

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Recent Examples of aide Ten was of course too many, what with the addition of camp helpers, assistants, aides and so on. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Several close personal aides joined the president on the smaller aircraft flying out of Turkey, the source said. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Also named as defendants in the lawsuit are two of the president’s top aides, Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026 Former aides later made allegations about Meghan's treatment of staff, including claims that her behavior contributed to some employees leaving. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aide
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aide
  1. assistant
  2. aid
  3. apprentice
  4. adjutant
  5. deputy
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  • Second-year University of Connecticut student Kira Mesick jumped at the chance to fill a resident assistant job at the university’s new, $29 million residence hall in downtown Hartford, seizing on its Pratt Street location.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Sustaining a life in medicine would be impossible without the support of my colleagues — doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, technicians and translators.
    — Rajani LaRocca, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
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  • The aid workers who once regularly visited her village to help pregnant women had stopped coming, after foreign aid cuts by the United States shuttered a program aimed at saving mothers’ and babies’ lives.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Political scientist Sandra Borda argued that the difficulties in aid management are related to the tense political transition between the current and previous administrations, which lacked a formal handover.
    — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of aid
Noun
  • City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.
    — Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The apprentices worked in an assembly line fashion, taking each computer out of the box and plugging it into a charging station.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentice
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  • But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.
    — Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
Definition of adjutant
Noun
  • Circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation, but deputies said that a man was shot in the leg.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For Daniel Murray, deputy chief investment officer at EFG Asset Management, investor skepticism on European stocks had gone too far given the outlook for strong macro growth and solid earnings.
    — Sagarika Jaisinghani, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputy

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