Collocations for "aid"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "aid" in context.
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aid
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- provide aid to [domestic violence, rape] victims
- provide aid to victims of [domestic violence]
- [provide, send, offer] aid to the [disaster, war] zone
- [provide] aid [quickly, immediately, swiftly] (for)
- [quickly] [provide] aid (for)
- aid was sent urgently [to, for]
- [provide] aid for the [hurricane, flooding]
- [provide] [medical, economic, military] aid (to)
- [provide] aid to [Nicaragua] (for)
- have approved [$5 million] in aid to be [provided] to
- are requesting [$5 million] in aid [for, from]
- financial aid has been [given, promised, approved]
- apply for financial aid for [school, college]
- received foreign aid for
- received aid from [France]
- is in need of immediate medical aid
- came to the aid of (the homeless)
- with the use of visual aids
- served as a visual aid for her [speech, presentation]
- [needs, uses] a hearing aid
- [takes, needs] a sleep aid
- serves as an aid to [digestion, cooling]
- equestrian: the [jockey, rider] used [natural, artificial] aids
- provide aid [relief, workers, packages]
'aid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
allocation
- allotment
- ally
- bankrupt
- benefit
- blister
- collateral
- cue
- disaster
- drop
- dummy
- elderly
- extend
- famine
- felony
- financial
- flood
- generous
- hearing
- kit
- livestock
- maiden
- mouth
- national
- old
- pack
- plaster
- poverty
- query
- remedy
- removal
- render
- seamless
- senior
- sex
- solicit
- that
- trained
- visual
- volunteer
- withhold
- wounded