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helping

noun as in portion of food

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Example Sentences

Each day, we’re served a heaping helping of heat and humidity, with a side of widely scattered storms.

San Diego Unified School Board members Sharon Whitehurst-Payne and Richard Barrera clapped back, calling Montgomery Steppe disingenuous, and said she should do a little more helping and a little less question-asking.

For the moment, at least, it appears there’s some appetite for a generous helping of giant computer chips.

Put it all together, and you get a team that’s not quite ready to break into the Champions League and Europa League spots, but possesses a clear identity and adds a delightful helping of chaos to every match.

Miles’s tone swings all this speed-herstory along, with a giant helping of feminist theory.

Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.

That kind of compassion might go a long way toward helping us begin to respond to a hurting world.

Congress loves to be Scroogey when it comes to helping the poor at Christmastime.

It was because of Delta that I actually started helping out in the community, volunteering.

Objectively, they are not just riding with the tide, but helping to guide its very direction.

I only saw the glitter of a bayonet which a Mexican thrust into his shoulder, at the very moment he was helping me up.

Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.

He saw Lettice and his cousin helping towards this exquisite deliverance somehow.

A story or narrative is invented for the purpose of helping the student, as it is claimed, to memorise it.

This would be a device for helping him to revive this hitherto unrecallable name.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for helping?

Helping has a couple of different meanings, which have different sets of synonyms. Many words don’t have exact synonyms like big is an exact synonym of large, and helping is one of those words.

As a noun (in the context of food)

As a noun, the word helping refers to a portion of food served to one person at one time. Synonyms include serving and portion.

This can refer to another portion of whatever is being served, such as another helping of salad or mashed potatoes or pie.

However, in the context of a meal, helping, serving, and portion all often imply an entire plate’s worth of food (not just a little extra). In this sense, when you get another helping, you fill your plate up again. The word plate can be used to mean the same thing, as in I’m still hungry, so I’m going to the buffet to get another plate.  

In certain settings, such as in a military mess hall, the word for a helping is ration, which implies that there is a limited amount of food to be divided among everyone.

As a verb (the continuous tense of help)

Helping is the continuous tense (-ing form) of the verb help, and it can use all the same synonyms that help can, just with -ing added.

Synonyms for helping include aiding, assisting, and supporting.

The word providing is often used in terms meaning the same thing, as in providing help/aid/assistance/support. 

An informal way of saying this is lending a helping hand (in which a helping hand refers to aid or assistance).

What can you say instead of helping others?

The phrase helping others is commonly used as a general way of referring to helping people or performing acts of charity

Volunteering is a common way of helping others. Other general terms include providing aid/assistance/support.

But if you want to be more specific, such as on a resume, you can always use more specific descriptions of the kind of help you have provided, as in Volunteering experience includes serving food at the soup kitchen and providing free counseling services.

How do you use helping in a sentence?

Helping is a very common word that can be used in many different contexts and situations.

Here are some examples of helping in a sentence:

  • My grandma gave me two helpings of meatloaf.
  • I was very grateful to my coworker for helping me make more friends at work.
  • The initiative was created with the intention of helping the people who do not have access to healthcare.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to helping, such as: allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, and piece.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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