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# helpful

«helpful» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **willing to help others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (helpful, more helpful, most helpful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Helpful describes someone who is willing to help others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#m1)

2) Helpful describes something useful that makes a job easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school values and manners lessons, being helpful means offering to carry things, sharing, showing a new pupil around, holding doors and helping at home. In learning, a helpful tip, diagram or example makes a problem easier; teachers praise helpful comments. In stories, helpful characters show kindness. Phrases: «helpful to», «very helpful», «helpful hint», «helpful tip», «be helpful».

### examples

- Thank you for being so helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x1)
- Sam is helpful in the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x2)
- Drawing a picture is helpful in maths problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x3)
- The map was really helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x4)
- Here's a helpful tip: check your answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x5)
- The shop assistant was very helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x6)
- Being helpful at home makes everyone happier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x7)
- That comment wasn't very helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/#x8)

### note

Spelling: help + ful (one l at the end). Comparative «more helpful». Opposite: unhelpful. Adverb: helpfully. Noun: helpfulness, helper.

### In the corpora

- [Many chatbots are trained to be helpful and pleasant, and sometimes that tips over into agreeing, praising and inventing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/2/)
- [Useful feedback is kind, specific and helpful: it names something that works and one clear thing to improve.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/5/)
- [Live yoghurt contains living bacteria that are harmless or helpful; a spoonful in warm milk can make more yoghurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/14/)
- [Peer feedback means a classmate reads your work and suggests improvements; useful feedback is kind, specific and helpful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/13/)
- [Phone maps are helpful, but batteries run out, so it is wise to know your route too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «helpful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helpful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.