aid

In a sentence

Six example sentences with aid, each labelled with its topic.

• A hand lens is the cheapest aid a field botanist carries, and it settles most identifications on the spot.

  Science

• After the hip operation a walking frame was the only aid she needed, and by June it sat unused in the garage.

  Medicine

• Nothing exposes a rushed passage faster than a metronome, a blunt aid that no teacher can match.

  Music

• A digital thermometer is the one aid every new baker should own, since ovens lie about their heat.

  Cooking

• A phrasebook is a modest aid abroad, but a smile buys more patience than any printed sentence.

  Travel

• The mini-map is an aid, not a crutch, and veterans switch it off to learn each level's layout.

  Gaming

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains aid. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• equivalent
• maintained
• attach
• positively
• selection
• lecture
• undergo
• affect
• concentration
• capable
• briefly
• assigned