B1nounhealthpolitics
US/eɪd/
UK/eɪd/
help, especially money, food or equipment for people in need
In context
Many countries sent aid to the flood victims.
Every office should have a first aid kit.
She came to the aid of an old woman who had fallen.
Words that go with aid
adjective + noun
- first aidAll teachers must learn basic first aid.
- foreign aidThe country depends on foreign aid.
- humanitarian aidThe UN delivered humanitarian aid to the area.
noun + noun
- hearing aidMy grandfather wears a hearing aid.
verb + preposition
- come to the aid ofNeighbors came to the aid of the family.