Meaning & use

assisted

adjective·Academic

Helped or supported by another person, device, or system in order to complete a task.

See it in a sentence

Her grandmother now lives in an assisted living facility with round-the-clock care.

The delicate surgery was performed using precise, robot-assisted surgical instruments this year.

A note on using this word

Assisted commonly combines with nouns to describe the type of help given, as in 'assisted living' or 'computer-assisted design.'

Words with a similar meaning

aidedsupported

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Words with an opposite meaning

unaided

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