What part of speech is assistant?

Assistant can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. assistant is a noun, singular of assistants.
  • 2. assistant is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: assistant 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does assistant mean?

Definitions

Adjective

assistant - Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

Noun

assistant - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

Examples of assistant

#   Sentence  
1. noun My invaluable assistant.
2. noun (News assistant Bobby Bender recalls the letter containing the items to have been addressed to The Sun.).
3. noun Joy Powell Executive Assistant to Richard Everett 713/871-5119.
4. noun You can take my assistant Taffy Milligan off these emails again.
5. noun I e-mailed your assistant earlier this morning and have had no response.
6. noun Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defence Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove - the main proponents of the war in Iraq -served in combat (combined).
7. noun Mr White called his assistant over and said the following:
8. noun So, the assistant returned $1 to each man.
9. noun Talking of Professor Smith, his assistant is hard of hearing.
10. noun I work as Mr Eliot's assistant.
11. noun The assistant took the money.
12. noun The assistant kept $2.
13. noun After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.
14. noun My sister works as an assistant to a college professor.
15. noun The young man whom I employed as my assistant works very hard.
16. adj. In Baghdad Kadhim Talal Husain, assistant dean at the School of Education at Mustansiriyah University, was assassinated with his driver in the Salikh district.
17. adj. The assistant referee held up his flag to show the referee that the ball was still in play.
18. adj. Tom is an assistant manager at the company where Mary works.
19. adj. Tom got a job as assistant manager.
20. adj. Tom was an assistant professor.
21. adj. Tom is an assistant professor.
22. adj. Tom is an assistant editor.
23. adj. Tom is an assistant coach.
24. adj. Sami was the assistant manager.
25. adj. Mary is an assistant editor, isn't she?
26. adj. Tom is an assistant editor, isn't he?
27. adj. The assistant referee raised his flag for offside.
28. adj. He is the assistant imam.
29. adj. The assistant imam came.
30. adj. There were four assistant imams and he was one of them.
Sentence  
noun
My invaluable assistant.
(News assistant Bobby Bender recalls the letter containing the items to have been addressed to The Sun.).
Joy Powell Executive Assistant to Richard Everett 713/871-5119.
You can take my assistant Taffy Milligan off these emails again.
I e-mailed your assistant earlier this morning and have had no response.
Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defence Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove - the main proponents of the war in Iraq -served in combat (combined).
Mr White called his assistant over and said the following:
So, the assistant returned $1 to each man.
Talking of Professor Smith, his assistant is hard of hearing.
I work as Mr Eliot's assistant.
The assistant took the money.
The assistant kept $2.
After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.
My sister works as an assistant to a college professor.
The young man whom I employed as my assistant works very hard.
adj.
In Baghdad Kadhim Talal Husain, assistant dean at the School of Education at Mustansiriyah University, was assassinated with his driver in the Salikh district.
The assistant referee held up his flag to show the referee that the ball was still in play.
Tom is an assistant manager at the company where Mary works.
Tom got a job as assistant manager.
Tom was an assistant professor.
Tom is an assistant professor.
Tom is an assistant editor.
Tom is an assistant coach.
Sami was the assistant manager.
Mary is an assistant editor, isn't she?
Tom is an assistant editor, isn't he?
The assistant referee raised his flag for offside.
He is the assistant imam.
The assistant imam came.
There were four assistant imams and he was one of them.

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