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Definition: Meaning of, support in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / səˈpɔːt /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
supporting supports
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  1. agree and help to say that you agree with an idea, group, or person, and usually to help them because you want them to succeed
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  2. be kind to somebody to help someone by being sympathetic and kind to them during a difficult time in their life
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  3. provide money to live to provide enough money for someone to pay for all the things they need
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  4. give money to something to give money to a group, organization, or event etc to encourage it or pay for its costs
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  5. hold something up to hold the weight of something, keep it in place, or prevent it from falling
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  6. prove something if results, facts, studies etc support an idea or view, they show or prove that it is correct
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  7. sports team British English to like a particular sports team and go to watch the games they play
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  8. computers to provide information and material to improve a computer program or system, or to make it keep working
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  9. land if land can support people or animals, it is of good enough quality to grow enough food for them to live
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  10. water/air/earth if water, air, or earth can support life, it is clean enough, has enough oxygen etc to keep animals or plants alive
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  11. support a habit to get money in order to pay for a bad habit, especially taking drugs
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support supports
  1. approval [uncountable] approval, encouragement, and perhaps help for a person, idea, plan etc
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  2. sympathy/help [uncountable] sympathy and help that you give to someone who is in a difficult situation or who is very unhappy
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  3. money [uncountable and countable] money that you give a person, group, organization etc to help pay for their costs
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  4. hold something up [uncountable and countable] something that presses on something else to hold it up or in position
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  5. computers [uncountable] the help or information that you receive to improve a computer system, make it continue working, or use it correctly
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  6. concert/performance [uncountable] a band, singer, or performer that performs for a short time at the same concert as a more famous and popular band etc
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  7. soldiers [uncountable] help or protection that is given by one group of soldiers to another group who are fighting in a battle
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  8. for part of body [countable] something that you wear to hold a weak or damaged part of your body in the right place
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support used in phrases

  • Child Support Agency, the
    1. a British government department which deals with CHILD SUPPORT . It can decide, for example, how much money a father should pay to support his children if he no longer lives with them.
  • Family Income Support
    1. money given by the British government to people in Britain who are unemployed and have children
  • Office of Intelligence Support (noun)
    1. agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy
  • arch support (noun)
    1. a support for the arch of the foot
  • child support (noun)
    1. money that someone pays regularly to their former wife or husband in order to support their children
  • close support (noun)
    1. close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit
  • direct support (noun)
    1. a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance
  • electronic warfare-support measures (noun)
    1. electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition
  • financial support (noun)
    1. financial resources provided to make some project possible
  • income support (noun)
    1. money that is given by the government in Britain to people who have no income or a very low income
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