support.
To help keep from falling.
Meaning & usage
To help keep from falling.
Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
He staggered away from the accident site, supported by one friend on each side.
To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid
I support France in the World Cup.
To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
Mars does not currently support human habitation.
To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
The government supports the arts in several ways.
To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.
I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.
To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate.
To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
to support the character of King Lear
And the award for best supporting actress goes to...
Where this word comes from
From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō.
Something which supports.
Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
Financial or other help.
The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
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.
The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
Evidence.
The new research provides further support for our theory.
Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
This game has no mouse support.
An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
An accompaniment in music.
Clipping of support position.
Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English wraþu.
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