Definition of support

noun (n)

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities (noun.act)

  Example:
  His support kept the family together.
  They gave him emotional support during difficult times.
  

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• aiding the cause or policy or interests of (noun.act)

  Example:
  The president no longer has the support of his own party.
  They developed a scheme of mutual support.
  

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• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  The policy found little public support.
  His faith was all the support he needed.
  The team enjoyed the support of their fans.
  

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• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission (noun.act)

  Synonym: reenforcement, reinforcement
  

  Example:
  They called for artillery support.
  

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• documentary validation (noun.act)

  Synonym: documentation
  

  Example:
  The strongest support for this view is the work of Jones.
  

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• the financial means whereby one lives (noun.possession)

  Synonym: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance
  

  Example:
  He applied to the state for support.
  

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• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  The statue stood on a marble support.
  

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• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening (noun.act)

  Synonym: supporting
  

  Example:
  He leaned against the wall for support.
  

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• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts (noun.communication)

  Synonym: accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment
  

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• any device that bears the weight of another thing (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  There was no place to attach supports for a shelf.
  

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• financial resources provided to make some project possible (noun.possession)

  Synonym: backing, financial backing, financial support, funding
  

  Example:
  The foundation provided support for the experiment.
  

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• The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to (verb.social)

  Synonym: back up
  

  Example:
  She supported him during the illness.
  

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• support materially or financially (verb.possession)

  Example:
  He does not support his natural children.
  The scholarship supported me when I was in college.
  

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• be behind; approve of (verb.social)

  Synonym: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for
  

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• be the physical support of; carry the weight of (verb.contact)

  Synonym: hold, hold up, sustain
  

  Example:
  He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam.
  

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• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, sustain
  Antonym: contradict, negate
  

  Example:
  The evidence supports the defendant.
  

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• adopt as a belief (verb.communication)

  Synonym: subscribe
  

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• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm (verb.stative)

  Synonym: bear out, corroborate, underpin
  

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• argue or speak in defense of (verb.communication)

  Synonym: defend, fend for
  

  Example:
  She supported the motion to strike.
  

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• play a subordinate role to (another performer) (verb.creation)

  Example:
  Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act.
  

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• be a regular customer or client of (verb.communication)

  Synonym: keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize
  

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• put up with something or somebody unpleasant (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate
  

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• To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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