English words for 'The time when help is most needed.'
Closest matches for "The time when help is most needed." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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noun
- assistance in time of difficulty
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- a change for the better
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
adj
noun
- assistance in time of difficulty
- (uncountable, obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
- (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
- (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
verb
- help in a difficult situation
- (transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
- (transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.
- (transitive, obsolete except dialectal) To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge.
adj
- Taking place at the time when it is needed, and not in advance.
- (manufacturing) Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs.
- (computing) Performing compilation of code on the client machine immediately before execution.
adj
noun
- an amount paid before it is earned
- a movement forward
- increase in price or value
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- a change for the better; progress in development
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
verb
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- increase or raise
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- develop further
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- move forward
- cause to move forward
- rise in rate or price
- develop in a positive way
- pay in advance
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- To increase (a number or amount).
- (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- To raise or increase (a price, rate).
- To help the progress of (something); to further.
- (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
noun
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.
- (mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.
- (thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.
noun
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- a community of people smaller than a village
- a point where a choice must be made
- (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
- (nonstandard) A fork in the road.
- (figuratively, by extension) A centrally located position.
- plural of crossroad
- A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
noun
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
- A critical moment in time.
- A place where things join, a junction.
noun
- A desperate or urgent request.
- A clamour or outcry.
- A shout or scream.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- a fit of weeping
- a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
- the characteristic utterance of an animal
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- a slogan used to rally support for a cause
verb
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- proclaim or announce in public
- utter a characteristic sound
- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
- bring into a particular state by crying
- utter a sudden loud cry
- demand immediate action
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
noun
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a safe place
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- A refuge island.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
verb
noun
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a frequently visited place
- a hotel located in a resort area
- Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- Alternative spelling of re-sort.
- A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
verb
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- have recourse to
- (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
- (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
noun
- An approach to social work that prioritizes people perceived as having the most need for assistance.
- (chemistry) Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants for different reactants.
- The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.
- The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective.
- the property of being selective
noun
- An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.
- a pressing or urgent situation
- (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- that which is required in a particular situation — usually used in plural.
adj
noun
verb
adv
- At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
- Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
- In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
- With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
- In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
- in a critical manner
verb
- be in the right place or situation
- be owned by; be in the possession of
- be rightly classified in a class or category
- be suitable or acceptable
- be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
- be a part or adjunct
- (intransitive) To have its proper place.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
- (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
- (Cornwall) To do something habitually or customarily.
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- (followed by to) To be a part of a group.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
prep
verb
- be in the right place or situation
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
adj
noun
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
verb
- (transitive) To seek help from.
- (transitive) To total; to amount to.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- (transitive, usually in present tense) To regard or specifically pertain to.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, to.
- (transitive) To befall; to happen to; to come upon.
- (transitive) To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
- (transitive) To reach; to arrive at.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
- cause to experience suddenly
- return to consciousness
- be relevant to
- attain
verb
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To make possible or attainable.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- mount or put up
- give something useful or necessary to
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
- take measures in preparation for
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
noun
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action
- the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- pressing importance requiring speedy action
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
- Insistence, pressure, urge.
- The quality or condition of being urgent.
- (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
verb
noun
- (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
- (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- A helpful action or an act of giving.
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
adj
noun
verb
- To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- (religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
adv
adj
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- (medicine, by extension) In such a condition.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- (textual criticism) Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original.
- Extremely important.
- (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (botany) Needing great discrimination to be correctly classified; easily confused.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
noun
adj
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- performing an essential function in the living body
- full of spirit; full of life
- manifesting or characteristic of life
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Very important.
- Relating to or characteristic of life.
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Lively, having vitality
- Containing life; living.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
noun
- financial assistance in time of need
- something that aids or promotes well-being
- a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
- An advantage; help or aid from something.
verb
adj
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- held from above and hanging down
- addicted to a drug
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- contingent on something else
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Hanging down.
- Relying upon; depending upon.
- (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- (medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
noun
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
- (philosophy) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.
- (grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
noun
- The time when something happens.
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- an opportunity to do something
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- a rational motive for a belief or action
verb
noun
- An instance of helping.
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
- (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
- (US) A one-room apartment.
- The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
- the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
noun
- assistance in time of difficulty
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- a change for the better
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
adj
noun
- assistance in time of difficulty
- (uncountable, obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
- (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
- (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
verb
- help in a difficult situation
- (transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
- (transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.
- (transitive, obsolete except dialectal) To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge.
noun
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.
- (mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.
- (thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.
noun
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- a community of people smaller than a village
- a point where a choice must be made
- (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
- (nonstandard) A fork in the road.
- (figuratively, by extension) A centrally located position.
- plural of crossroad
- A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
noun
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
- A critical moment in time.
- A place where things join, a junction.
noun
- A desperate or urgent request.
- A clamour or outcry.
- A shout or scream.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- a fit of weeping
- a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
- the characteristic utterance of an animal
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- a slogan used to rally support for a cause
verb
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- proclaim or announce in public
- utter a characteristic sound
- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
- bring into a particular state by crying
- utter a sudden loud cry
- demand immediate action
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
noun
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a safe place
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- A refuge island.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
verb
noun
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a frequently visited place
- a hotel located in a resort area
- Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- Alternative spelling of re-sort.
- A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
verb
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- have recourse to
- (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
- (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
noun
- An approach to social work that prioritizes people perceived as having the most need for assistance.
- (chemistry) Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants for different reactants.
- The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.
- The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective.
- the property of being selective
noun
- An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.
- a pressing or urgent situation
- (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- that which is required in a particular situation — usually used in plural.
noun
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action
- the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- pressing importance requiring speedy action
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
- Insistence, pressure, urge.
- The quality or condition of being urgent.
- (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
noun
- financial assistance in time of need
- something that aids or promotes well-being
- a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
- An advantage; help or aid from something.
verb
noun
- The time when something happens.
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- an opportunity to do something
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- a rational motive for a belief or action
verb
noun
- An instance of helping.
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
- (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
- (US) A one-room apartment.
- The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
- the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
noun
- assistance in time of difficulty
- (uncountable, obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
- (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
- (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
verb
- help in a difficult situation
- (transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
- (transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.
- (transitive, obsolete except dialectal) To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge.
verb
- be in the right place or situation
- be owned by; be in the possession of
- be rightly classified in a class or category
- be suitable or acceptable
- be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
- be a part or adjunct
- (intransitive) To have its proper place.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
- (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
- (Cornwall) To do something habitually or customarily.
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- (followed by to) To be a part of a group.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
prep
verb
- be in the right place or situation
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
adj
noun
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
verb
- (transitive) To seek help from.
- (transitive) To total; to amount to.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- (transitive, usually in present tense) To regard or specifically pertain to.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, to.
- (transitive) To befall; to happen to; to come upon.
- (transitive) To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
- (transitive) To reach; to arrive at.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
- cause to experience suddenly
- return to consciousness
- be relevant to
- attain
verb
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To make possible or attainable.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- mount or put up
- give something useful or necessary to
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
- take measures in preparation for
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
verb
noun
- (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
- (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- A helpful action or an act of giving.
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
verb
- To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- (religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
adv
adv
- At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
- Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
- In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
- With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
- In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
- in a critical manner
adj
- Taking place at the time when it is needed, and not in advance.
- (manufacturing) Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs.
- (computing) Performing compilation of code on the client machine immediately before execution.
adj
noun
- an amount paid before it is earned
- a movement forward
- increase in price or value
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- a change for the better; progress in development
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
verb
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- increase or raise
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- develop further
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- move forward
- cause to move forward
- rise in rate or price
- develop in a positive way
- pay in advance
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- To increase (a number or amount).
- (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- To raise or increase (a price, rate).
- To help the progress of (something); to further.
- (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
adj
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- (medicine, by extension) In such a condition.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- (textual criticism) Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original.
- Extremely important.
- (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (botany) Needing great discrimination to be correctly classified; easily confused.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
noun
adj
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- performing an essential function in the living body
- full of spirit; full of life
- manifesting or characteristic of life
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Very important.
- Relating to or characteristic of life.
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Lively, having vitality
- Containing life; living.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
adj
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- held from above and hanging down
- addicted to a drug
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- contingent on something else
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Hanging down.
- Relying upon; depending upon.
- (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- (medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
noun
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
- (philosophy) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.
- (grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.