What part of speech is helping?

Helping can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. helping is a verb, gerund of help (infinitive).
  • 2. helping is a noun, singular of helpings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does helping mean?

Definitions

Verb

help - 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"
help - improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
help - contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
help - be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"
help - improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"

Noun

helping - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

Examples of helping

#   Sentence  
1. verb Al-Zawahiri attempted to use Musharraf's lack of progress in helping the Muslims of that Indian state as a justification for his overthrow.
2. verb In fact, you were helping them solve their problem.”.
3. verb Since September 11, Pakistan has been repeatedly accused by Afghan and Western leaders of harbouring Taliban extremists who had pledged to disrupt the elections, but at the highest level the US has avoided criticising President Pervaiz Musharraf on the grounds that he is helping the US catch Al Qaeda elements inside Pakistan.
4. verb Two top Iraqi scientists, code named Charlie and Alpha, are helping the coalition to learn more about Iraqi's anthrax program, according to Dr. David Kay, head of the Iraq survey group in charge of the hunt for WMD.
5. verb The result will be a dramatic escalation in US and civilian casualties, US forces will be required to bunker themselves further into their bases, and US forces will find themselves required to fight the very government they just finished helping into power.
6. verb In fact Philippines is famous to accept people like these people i mentioned whose not filipinos but helping the Philippines to plunge in the pit as they are the rot of the country.
7. verb Thank you for helping to preserve my teeth.
8. verb She worked with us for over a year, helping us find our perfect home.
9. verb Thank you for helping me get more healthy!
10. verb Dr. Ruona, if you read this, thank you for helping me get more healthy.
11. verb they seemed more interested in helping me find the right car rather then just make a sale.
12. verb I gave the woman I spoke with today a "You've been yelped!" card to let her know that Yelp may be a good tool for helping spreading the word about Papeluna.
13. verb Gerry, I can't thank you enough for helping me cope with my fear.
14. verb At my appointment the girl helping me was unable to adequately lace up some of the dresses.
15. verb "Thank you for helping me." "Don't mention it."
16. noun The best option, now, under the present difficult circumstances is for Colombo to do its own dirty work, although New Delhi can always be counted on to render good neighborly help because of the shared belief that religion, ethnicity and language cannot be the basis for secession.
17. noun One such murder, with the help of hysterical media coverage, can destroy the tourism industry of a country for quite a while, as it did in Bali and in Turkey.
18. noun I appreciate all your help.
19. noun Off and on ( with Jackie Gentle's help ) I have pulled together a one page communication note on our fundamental operating standards ( itself a one page summary ).
20. noun Can we get some help on the IBM issues?
21. noun Thanks for all your help on this.
22. noun Everybody needs a little help now and then, even eSpeak.
23. noun I need your help again.
24. noun Thanks for your help!
25. noun They indicated they could use Steve's help face to face at some point.
26. noun Thank you both very much for your time and help thus far.
27. noun As important, the new PUCT Commissioners need some help right now in messaging the market.
28. noun I have recently been made aware of a help desk analyst job#0000108806 that has become available in your department.
29. noun Thanks Bill - appreciate your help!
30. noun There's quite a lot of things to do; do you want some help?
Sentence  
verb
Al-Zawahiri attempted to use Musharraf's lack of progress in helping the Muslims of that Indian state as a justification for his overthrow.
In fact, you were helping them solve their problem.”.
Since September 11, Pakistan has been repeatedly accused by Afghan and Western leaders of harbouring Taliban extremists who had pledged to disrupt the elections, but at the highest level the US has avoided criticising President Pervaiz Musharraf on the grounds that he is helping the US catch Al Qaeda elements inside Pakistan.
Two top Iraqi scientists, code named Charlie and Alpha, are helping the coalition to learn more about Iraqi's anthrax program, according to Dr. David Kay, head of the Iraq survey group in charge of the hunt for WMD.
The result will be a dramatic escalation in US and civilian casualties, US forces will be required to bunker themselves further into their bases, and US forces will find themselves required to fight the very government they just finished helping into power.
In fact Philippines is famous to accept people like these people i mentioned whose not filipinos but helping the Philippines to plunge in the pit as they are the rot of the country.
Thank you for helping to preserve my teeth.
She worked with us for over a year, helping us find our perfect home.
Thank you for helping me get more healthy!
Dr. Ruona, if you read this, thank you for helping me get more healthy.
they seemed more interested in helping me find the right car rather then just make a sale.
I gave the woman I spoke with today a "You've been yelped!" card to let her know that Yelp may be a good tool for helping spreading the word about Papeluna.
Gerry, I can't thank you enough for helping me cope with my fear.
At my appointment the girl helping me was unable to adequately lace up some of the dresses.
"Thank you for helping me." "Don't mention it."
noun
The best option, now, under the present difficult circumstances is for Colombo to do its own dirty work, although New Delhi can always be counted on to render good neighborly help because of the shared belief that religion, ethnicity and language cannot be the basis for secession.
One such murder, with the help of hysterical media coverage, can destroy the tourism industry of a country for quite a while, as it did in Bali and in Turkey.
I appreciate all your help.
Off and on ( with Jackie Gentle's help ) I have pulled together a one page communication note on our fundamental operating standards ( itself a one page summary ).
Can we get some help on the IBM issues?
Thanks for all your help on this.
Everybody needs a little help now and then, even eSpeak.
I need your help again.
Thanks for your help!
They indicated they could use Steve's help face to face at some point.
Thank you both very much for your time and help thus far.
As important, the new PUCT Commissioners need some help right now in messaging the market.
I have recently been made aware of a help desk analyst job#0000108806 that has become available in your department.
Thanks Bill - appreciate your help!
There's quite a lot of things to do; do you want some help?

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