Aide
noun
A person who helps another in their work or tasks.
She has an aide who assists her in her daily activities.
Often appears as...
- personal aide
- presidential aide
noun
An officer in the army who assists a more senior officer.
The general's aide relayed his orders to the troops.
Often appears as...
- aide-de-camp
- military aide
noun
A person who helps another in their work or tasks.
She has an aide who assists her in her daily activities.
Often appears as...
- personal aide
- presidential aide
noun
An officer in the army who assists a more senior officer.
The general's aide relayed his orders to the troops.
Often appears as...
- aide-de-camp
- military aide
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Variety of Tasks
An aide can take on diverse roles depending on the person they assist, not limited to clerical work.
As a personal aide, he schedules meetings and also runs errands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Intern
An aide is often a permanent role, unlike an intern who typically works temporarily.
Her aide has been with her for ten years, handling confidential tasks.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Proximity
Aides are usually close to those they assist, often involved in personal aspects of work.
The teacher's aide knew all the students' names and learning needs.
Pro Tip 1/3Variety of Tasks
An aide can take on diverse roles depending on the person they assist, not limited to clerical work.
As a personal aide, he schedules meetings and also runs errands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Intern
An aide is often a permanent role, unlike an intern who typically works temporarily.
Her aide has been with her for ten years, handling confidential tasks.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Proximity
Aides are usually close to those they assist, often involved in personal aspects of work.
The teacher's aide knew all the students' names and learning needs.
Pro Tip 1/3Variety of Tasks
An aide can take on diverse roles depending on the person they assist, not limited to clerical work.
As a personal aide, he schedules meetings and also runs errands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Intern
An aide is often a permanent role, unlike an intern who typically works temporarily.
Her aide has been with her for ten years, handling confidential tasks.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Proximity
Aides are usually close to those they assist, often involved in personal aspects of work.
The teacher's aide knew all the students' names and learning needs.
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Rodney Brooks: Why we...
These are in hundreds of hospitals across the U.S. And they take the dirty sheets down to the laundry. They take the dirty dishes back to the kitchen. They bring the medicines up from the pharmacy. And it frees up the nurses and the nurse's aides from doing that mundane work of just mechanically pushing stuff around
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How loss helped one...
and that was the highlight of her day. Over time, we started to use a wheelchair, and she didn't want to eat so much, and she used the tiniest little teacup we could find to drink her coffee. I couldn't support her myself anymore, so we hired an aide to help me with the showers.
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An illustrated kingdom...
And to tell you the truth, even when I was standing there right in front of them, it was difficult to see the entire tree. So instead I'd study the buttress up close and then climb up the hill to see its crown rising above the canopy. And then with Divya, and she there as aide,
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon:...
Ashley's mom is a teacher's aide and a school bus driver, who bakes cookies on the side. She doesn't remember much about that overwhelming set of days, in which grief -- enormous grief -- mixed with pride. But she does remember one moment.
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How interpreters juggle...
deal with challenging terminology, and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides.
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How adaptive clothing...
I had, at this point, seen some unfathomable things, but this, by far, was the most heart-stopping. You see, Eric is a really big guy, and it took two aides and a lifting machine to get him dressed.
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Inside Saddam's...
are interesting questions I'm sure to you but I'll have someone look into it any expected to pass the paper to some aide who expected to be at his side but oh no aid that's right I'm in jail
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
territorial display I took over that herd of all the best but taking over that mail of all the best midden so there we go here is a beautiful herd of kuru and she is busy feeding on her aide
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Eating Myself PIPE National...
and in a defensive response leaps into the safety of the water below okay so the Senate aide wasn't satisfied eating its own skin and then it failed to nab a more substantial meal know what
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Mentally-Ill Billionaire...
his own chair often naked watching movies reel after reel day after day Hughes issued strict orders to his aides writing instructions on yellow legal tablets do not look at him do not speak
Video examples
Rodney Brooks: Why we...
These are in hundreds of hospitals across the U.S. And they take the dirty sheets down to the laundry. They take the dirty dishes back to the kitchen. They bring the medicines up from the pharmacy. And it frees up the nurses and the nurse's aides from doing that mundane work of just mechanically pushing stuff around
Video examples
How loss helped one...
and that was the highlight of her day. Over time, we started to use a wheelchair, and she didn't want to eat so much, and she used the tiniest little teacup we could find to drink her coffee. I couldn't support her myself anymore, so we hired an aide to help me with the showers.
Video examples
An illustrated kingdom...
And to tell you the truth, even when I was standing there right in front of them, it was difficult to see the entire tree. So instead I'd study the buttress up close and then climb up the hill to see its crown rising above the canopy. And then with Divya, and she there as aide,
Video examples
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon:...
Ashley's mom is a teacher's aide and a school bus driver, who bakes cookies on the side. She doesn't remember much about that overwhelming set of days, in which grief -- enormous grief -- mixed with pride. But she does remember one moment.
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
deal with challenging terminology, and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides.
Video examples
How adaptive clothing...
I had, at this point, seen some unfathomable things, but this, by far, was the most heart-stopping. You see, Eric is a really big guy, and it took two aides and a lifting machine to get him dressed.
Video examples
Inside Saddam's...
are interesting questions I'm sure to you but I'll have someone look into it any expected to pass the paper to some aide who expected to be at his side but oh no aid that's right I'm in jail
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
territorial display I took over that herd of all the best but taking over that mail of all the best midden so there we go here is a beautiful herd of kuru and she is busy feeding on her aide
Video examples
Eating Myself PIPE National...
and in a defensive response leaps into the safety of the water below okay so the Senate aide wasn't satisfied eating its own skin and then it failed to nab a more substantial meal know what
Video examples
Mentally-Ill Billionaire...
his own chair often naked watching movies reel after reel day after day Hughes issued strict orders to his aides writing instructions on yellow legal tablets do not look at him do not speak
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
It is beyond dispute that President Obama and his aides have an extreme, even unprecedented obsession with concealing embarrassing information, controlling the flow of information, and punishing anyone who stands in the way. But, at least theoretically speaking, it is the job of journalists to impede that effort, not to serve and enable it.
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Helen Thomas
American Journalist
The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally sacrificed a lot - and sometimes even bent their conscience - to do the president's bidding.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would be paired with another candidate for seven 60-minute sessions.
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Robert Scheer
American Journalist
I talked to Reagan for about six hours all told. and Reagan was willing to go along with it. He didn't look at his watch, and he didn't allow his campaign aides to cut it off.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
The laws have become so straight-jacketing that presidents and their aides dare not keep journals or diaries, lest they be subpoenaed by avid special prosecutors.
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Gerald Walpin
American Public Servant
I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me.
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Hilda Solis
American Politician
In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.
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Enzo Amore
American Musician
I spent most of my days in school being a class clown. I never shut up. By the time I was in middle school, I had myself a personal aide.
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Loni Love
American Comedian
Mom was a nurse's aide. She worked in various hospitals. She took care of us that way, and we ate government cheese. I survived.
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Fredrick Brennan
I eat the most unhealthy diet. It's really bad. I wish I had an aide.
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
It is beyond dispute that President Obama and his aides have an extreme, even unprecedented obsession with concealing embarrassing information, controlling the flow of information, and punishing anyone who stands in the way. But, at least theoretically speaking, it is the job of journalists to impede that effort, not to serve and enable it.
Quote examples
Helen Thomas
American Journalist
The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally sacrificed a lot - and sometimes even bent their conscience - to do the president's bidding.
Quote examples
Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would be paired with another candidate for seven 60-minute sessions.
Quote examples
Robert Scheer
American Journalist
I talked to Reagan for about six hours all told. and Reagan was willing to go along with it. He didn't look at his watch, and he didn't allow his campaign aides to cut it off.
Quote examples
Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
The laws have become so straight-jacketing that presidents and their aides dare not keep journals or diaries, lest they be subpoenaed by avid special prosecutors.
Quote examples
Gerald Walpin
American Public Servant
I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me.
Quote examples
Hilda Solis
American Politician
In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.
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Enzo Amore
American Musician
I spent most of my days in school being a class clown. I never shut up. By the time I was in middle school, I had myself a personal aide.
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Loni Love
American Comedian
Mom was a nurse's aide. She worked in various hospitals. She took care of us that way, and we ate government cheese. I survived.
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Fredrick Brennan
I eat the most unhealthy diet. It's really bad. I wish I had an aide.
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