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support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backing, financial backing, financial support, funding |
| Type of | resource |
the foundation provided support for the experiment.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defend, fend for |
| Type of | argue, reason |
| Has types | stick up, apologise, take someone's side, uphold, rationalize, rationalise, excuse, take sides with, apologize, stand up |
| Derivation | supportive, supporter |
She supported the motion to strike.
support::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate |
| Type of | countenance, permit, let, allow |
| Has types | pay, sit out, take lying down, take a joke, swallow, hold still for, bear up, live with, stand for, accept |
| Verb group | suffer |
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | reenforcement, reinforcement |
| Type of | operation, military operation |
| Has types | close support |
they called for artillery support.
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance |
| Type of | resource |
| Has types | subsistence, meal ticket, conveniences, creature comforts, comforts, amenities, maintenance |
he applied to the state for support.
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment |
| Type of | voice, part |
| Has types | vamp, discant, descant |
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | supporting |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | propping up, dangling, hanging, shoring, suspension, shoring up |
he leaned against the wall for support.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | documentation |
| Type of | proof, validation, substantiation |
the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones.
support::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | back up |
| Has types | root, shop at, frequent, assist, back, buy at, sponsor, encourage, indorse, help, boost, endorse, further, shop, undergird, promote, advance, second, aid, patronize, patronise |
| Derivation | supportive, supporter |
She supported him during the illness.
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | assist, assistance, help, aid |
| Has types | sponsorship, approving, protagonism, endorsement, attachment, adherence, adhesion, advocacy, indorsement, blessing, reassurance, approval |
the president no longer has the support of his own party.
they developed a scheme of mutual support.
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | device |
| Has types | tee, andiron, arch support, back, backboard, backrest, baluster, bar, base, bearing, bearing wall, bedpost, bookend, brace, bracket, bridge, dog, dog-iron, firedog, foot, football tee, foothold, footing, headstock, leg, pedestal, perch, pier, pillow block, yoke, wheel spoke, rack, radius, wall bracket, rest, rib, rocker, seat, shelf, undercarriage, spoke, stair, stand, step, stirrup, stirrup iron, stock, structural member, tailstock, gunstock, handrest, hanger, harness, harp |
there was no place to attach supports for a shelf.
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | supporting structure |
| Has types | plinth, architrave, abutment, groundwork, basement, foundation, footstall, foot, buttressing, substructure, base, pedestal, understructure, prop, buttress, fundament |
the statue stood on a marble support.
support::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | give |
| Has types | subsidize, bring home the bacon, fund, patronise, patronize, provide, see through, sponsor, subsidise |
he does not support his natural children.
The scholarship supported me when I was in college.
support::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | logistic support, sustentation, sustainment, sustenance, upkeep, logistic assistance, maintenance |
his support kept the family together.
they gave him emotional support during difficult times.
Examples of support
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Strong bipartisan support of the legislation removing the 1099 rule is expected.
From the dailyherald.com
How do I better support him and strengthen our marriage during this trying time?
From the abcnews.go.com
He also is provided an office and support staff at A-B's St. Louis headquarters.
From the stltoday.com
They dealt with revising the tax the IRS codes which I would absolutely support.
From the forbes.com
I haven't really offered statistics or any economic models to support my claims.
From the washingtontimes.com
My support group was so powerful and, by the way, had a phenomenal success rate.
From the sacbee.com
Now after seeing their support it helped me realize that we did earn this thing.
From the news-journalonline.com
A free-will offering will be taken to support the ministries of Coronado Church.
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All along, my wife, family, friends and church were constant sources of support.
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- Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
- The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"
- Aiding the cause or policy or interests of; "the president no longer has the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support"
- Support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
- Back: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
- A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support"
- Sympathy is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding his or her feelings. Also known as empathic concern, it is the feeling of compassion or concern for another, the wish to see them better off or happier. ...
- In mathematics, the support of a function is the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set. This concept is used very widely in mathematical analysis. ...
- In mathematics, the support (sometimes topological support or spectrum) of a measure u03BC on a measurable topological space (X,u00A0Borel(X)) is a precise notion of where in the space X the measure "lives". It is defined to be the largest (closed) subset of X for which every open neighbourhood of every point of the set has positive measure.
