Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of help
"The waiters and bussers are a big help to the kitchen staff during our busy dinner service."
In plain English: Helps is an old-fashioned word for a person who works for someone else, like a servant or an assistant.
"She offered practical helps to her new neighbors when they were first moving in."
Usage: Use "helps" only when referring to multiple instances of assistance or aid provided to someone. It is rarely used in modern conversation compared to the singular form "help."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of help
"She helps her brother fix his bike every weekend after school."
In plain English: Helps means to make it easier for someone else to do something.
"This new tool helps me finish my work faster."
Usage: Use helps to describe an action performed by he, she, or it that makes a task easier or improves a situation. For example, saying "This tool helps me lift the box" correctly matches the third-person subject with the verb form.
Helps is the third-person singular present form of the verb help, which derives from Old English helpan meaning 'to aid' or 'save'. The root traces back to Proto-Germanic *halpjanan and ultimately to a PIE base related to wholeness.