Meaning

1 senses
  1. Furnishing help; gives aid; useful.

    a helpful clue

    a helpful person

    hilfreich, hilfsbereit

    поле́зныйpoléznyj, любе́зныйljubéznyj

More definitions
  • providing assistance or serving a useful function

Examples

356 sentences
  1. I hope this advice is helpful.

    Сподіваюся, ця порада корисна. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, этот совет поможет. — marafon

  2. Your advice is always helpful to me.

    Твої поради завжди йдуть мені на користь. — ABChessel

    ruТвои советы всегда идут мне на пользу. — sharptoothed

    deDeine Ratschläge gereichen mir stets zum Nutzen. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Tom is just trying to be helpful.

    Том просто намагається бути корисним. — deniko

  4. I'm just trying to be helpful.

    Я лише намагаюся допомогти. — deniko

  5. You've been very helpful.

    Ви нам дуже допомогли. — deniko

    ruТы очень помог. — marafon

    deSie waren eine große Hilfe. — raggione

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
furnishing help; giving aid; useful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
furnishing help; giving aid; useful:

Origin

From Middle English helpful; equivalent to help + -ful.

From Middle English helpful; equivalent to help + -ful.

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Forms

more helpful, most helpful
Comparativemore helpful Lesson
Superlativemost helpful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • been very helpful
  • being very helpful
  • as helpful as
  • be extremely helpful
  • to be helpful
  • a helpful guy
  • been quite helpful
  • been really helpful
  • has been helpful
  • wasn't as helpful
  • would be helpful
  • be more helpful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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