helping
The act of giving aid or assistanceThe act of giving aid or assistance (to).
» He had three helpings of couscous.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
She finds great joy in helping people.
(countable)A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
(countable, figuratively)An amount or quantity.
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
Examples
1 sentencesHe had three helpings of couscous.
Origin
From Middle English helping, helpinge, helpynge, equivalent to help + -ing.From Middle English helping, helpinge, helpynge, equivalent to help + -ing.
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Forms
plural: helpingsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.