Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ASSIST
assist
(noun) (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
aid, assist, assistance, help
(noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; “he gave me an assist with the housework”; “could not walk without assistance”; “rescue party went to their aid”; “offered his help in unloading”
assist
(verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist
(verb) work for or be a servant to; “May I serve you?”; “She attends the old lady in the wheelchair”; “Can you wait on our table, please?”; “Is a salesperson assisting you?”; “The minister served the King for many years”
help, assist, aid
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service; “Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; “Can you help me carry this table?”; “She never helps around the house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)
To help.
(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
(medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
(now, archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
Noun
assist (plural assists)
A helpful action or an act of giving.
(sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
(soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
Anagrams
• -stasis, sistas, stasis
Source: Wiktionary
As*sist", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assisting.] Etym: [L. assistere; ad + sistere to cause to stand, to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. assister. See Stand.]
Definition: To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak.
Syn.
– To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
As*sist", v. i.
1. To lend aid; to help. With God not parted from him, as was feared, But favoring and assisting to the end. Milton.
2. To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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