Support definition

sə-pôrt

Words form:

supported supporting supports

See word origin

Frequency:

To give courage, faith, or confidence to; help or comfort.

verb

To endure; tolerate.

verb

(1) See tech support.

To keep up; maintain; sustain; specif., to maintain (the price of a specified commodity) as by government purchase of surpluses.

verb

A person or thing that supports.

A prop, base, brace, etc.
A means of subsistence.
An elastic, girdlelike device to support or bind a part of the body.
Maintenance and service, as for a computer system's software or hardware.

Technical support.

noun

(comput.) To be compatible with.

verb

Providing or having to do with support.

Support staff for a company's computer system.

adjective

The provision of money or the necessities of life.

Child support.

noun

To bear; endure; submit to; tolerate.

verb

A supporting or being supported.

noun

To maintain or provide for (a person, institution, etc.) with money, or subsistence.

verb

To give approval to or be in favor of; subscribe to; uphold.

verb

To show or tend to show to be true; help prove, vindicate, or corroborate.

Evidence to support a claim.

verb

To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.

verb

Help or advice offered to those encountering difficulties with a product or service.

noun

Support means to carry, hold up or bear the weight of someone or something.

An example of support is a tree branch that has a swing hanging from it.

An example of support is someone carrying a child.

verb

To act in a secondary or subordinate role to (a leading performer).

verb

To offer help or advice regarding (a product or service).

verb

(computers) To be compatible with (a program).

That operating system does not support most new applications.

verb

To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping.

Pillars support the roof.

verb

To bear or hold up (an amount of weight).

The bridge supports 10 tons.

verb

To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to.

The letter supported him in his grief.

verb

To keep from falling in value, as by government purchases.

A program to support the price of wheat.

verb

To aid the cause, policy, or interests of.

Supported her in her election campaign.

verb

To argue in favor of; advocate.

Supported lower taxes.

verb

To have an enthusiastic interest in (a sports team).

verb

The act of supporting.

Our candidate needs your support.

noun

The state of being supported.

The candidate's support has been overwhelming.

noun

(theater) To act a subordinate role in the same play with (a specified star)

verb

To carry or bear the weight of; keep from falling, slipping, or sinking; hold up.

verb

To carry or bear (a specified weight, strain, pressure, etc.)

verb

Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.

Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.

noun

Financial or other help.

The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

noun

Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?

noun

(mathematics) In relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

noun

(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).

If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.

noun

To keep from falling.

Don't move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

verb

To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

verb

To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.

I support France in the World Cup.

verb

To help, particularly financially.

The government supports the arts in several ways.

verb

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.

The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

verb

To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.

I don't make decisions: I just support those who do.

verb

(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

verb

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

To support the character of King Lear.

verb

To provide for or maintain by supplying with money or necessities.

The homeless shelter is supported solely by donations.

verb

To furnish corroborating evidence for.

New facts supported her story.

verb

One that supports.

How many supports does the bridge have?

noun

Support is defined as to provide comfort, encouragement or financial assistance to someone.

An example of support is listening to a friend in need.

An example of support is lending money to a sibling.

verb

A technical analysis term that indicates a level that prices will have difficulty moving below. Support is said to help stop prices from declining.

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

support

Plural:

supports

Origin of support

Middle English supporten from Old French supporter from Latin supportāre to carry sub- from below sub– portāre to carry per-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from Old French supporter. Displaced Old English wreðian (“to support, sustain, uphold").

From Wiktionary

Support definition

Other Word Forms

Noun

Origin of support

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

From Wiktionary

Support Sentence Examples

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near support in the Dictionary

Filter