aides
SayAYDZ/eɪdz/
- 1Plural of aide.
The governor's aides spent the night preparing for the press conference.
Several aides escorted the visiting delegation through the building.
Note
A plural that covers both kinds of helper: the general assistant on a governor's staff and the officer who serves a more senior one, the aide-de-camp. It sounds exactly like aids, which is the plural of the noun aid or the verb meaning "helps." The spelling with -e always names people, never things or actions. A quick check: if assistants fits the sentence, write aides.
aides is a form of aide
aide, noun: An assistant; a person whose work is to help someone else carry out their duties. Full entry
- Forms
- aideaides plural
- Spelling
- aide → aides: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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