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“Ade” or “Aid” or “Aide”

ade / aid / aide are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

ade EY·d

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

aid EY·d

  • nouna resource.
  • nounthe activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
  • nounmoney to support a worthy person or cause.

aide EY·d

  • nounsomeone who acts as assistant.
Usage

Examples in context

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“ade”

  • …Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || ADE || align=right | 3.9 km
  • …the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).
  • …Core curriculum developed by the ADE, which requires students complete at…
  • Myrnie Ade Gifford (1892–1966) was an American…
  • …|| Palomar || PLS || ADE || align=right | 1.9 km
  • Ade Kannu (1985)
  • …|| Palomar || NEAT || ADE || align=right | 2.6 km
  • …|| Palomar || NEAT || ADE || align=right | 2.8 km
  • …|| Haleakala || NEAT || ADE || align=right | 3.2 km
  • …the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and since 1963 by AdvancED.

“aid”

  • A hearing aid is an electro-acoustic body-worn apparatus…
  • …he left his fortune to aid the education of the poor,…
  • 1902 Hearing aid
  • …also responsible for providing financial aid to the restoration of culturally…
  • …they had to offer to aid people fleeing war in Syria…
  • …and Nasr separately appealed for aid against each other to Abu…
  • …in Brighton from Parliament in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
  • …economist Vladimir Poleto - former aid of Treasury Minister Antonio Palocci…
  • …the clear mountain air could aid the drying and conservation, and…
  • …sun glasses are a visual aid which feature lenses that are…

“aide”

  • According to a Democrat committee aide, however, the committee had not…
  • Gardiner served as an aide de camp, presumably to Secretary…
  • …is ultimately from Eumenes' personal aide Hieronymus of Cardia (later transmitted…
  • …is working as a teacher's aide at Casula Public School.
  • He worked as a paralegal aide from 1974 to 1978.
  • is Tetchu's aide from in the .
  • is Kukulga's aide from in the .
  • …as a "senior GOP leadership aide" stated that this had been…
  • …majority chief of staff—a former aide to James Sensenbrenner, Republican from…
  • …eight years later with the aide of horse-drawn wagons and an…

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