The meaning of HELPING is a portion of food : serving. How to use helping in a sentence.

HELPING definition: the act of a person or thing that helps. See examples of helping used in a sentence.

Definition of helping noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

(Definition of helping from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

help•ing (hel′ ping), n. the act of a person or thing that helps. a portion of food served to a person at one time: That's his third helping of ice cream. adj. giving aid, assistance, support, or the like.

You can refer to an amount of something, especially a quality, as a helping of that thing.

Apr 3, 2025 · helping (countable and uncountable, plural helpings) The act of giving aid or assistance (to). She finds great joy in helping people. (countable) A portion or serving, …

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun helping, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Meaning: To make someone or something better by providing assistance or support. Synonyms: Assisting, aiding, supporting. Antonyms: Harming, hindering, obstructing. Helping hand: An …

improve, better, help, ameliorate mean to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard. improve and better are general and interchangeable and apply to what can be made better …