26984 words

assistant

6 definitions • 8 examples
1
someone who helps someone else to do a job:

Examples:

an administrative/office assistant
an assistant editor/manager
2
someone who works in a shop, selling goods to customers and giving advice about the goods sold in the shop:

Examples:

a sales/shop assistant
3
a person who helps someone else to do a job or who holds a less important position in an organization:

Examples:

an assistant coach/professor
My assistant will show you around the factory.
4
an employee who helps someone in a more senior position to do their job:

Examples:

assistant to sb assistant to the director of the Institute of Science
5
someone who serves customers in a store:

Examples:

She worked as an assistant in a local bookshop.
6
used as part of someone's job title to show that their job is below the level of a more senior person, and that they help that person to do their job:

Examples:

assistant director/manager, etc. She had previously served as assistant vice-president for finance at MIT.

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