support
See also: Support
support - English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /səˈpɔːt/, [səˈpʰɔːt]
- (General American) IPA: /səˈpɔɹt/, [səˈpʰɔɹt], [səˈpʰoɹt]
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /səˈpo(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /səˈpoət/
- Hyphenation: sup‧port
Verb
support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)
- (transitive) To keep from falling.
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
- (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- I support France in the World Cup.
- Antonym: oppose
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- The government supports the arts in several ways.
- 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.
- (transitive) 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, but I support those who do.
- (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
- Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
- (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.
- (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
- to support the character of King Lear
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) support | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | support | supported | |
2nd-person singular | support, supportest† | supported, supportedst† | |
3rd-person singular | supports, supporteth† | supported | |
plural | support | ||
subjunctive | support | supported | |
imperative | support | — | |
participles | supporting | supported |
†Archaic or obsolete.
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Noun
support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)
- (sometimes attributive) 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?
- Hyponyms: first-level support, second-level support, third-level support
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
- Antonym: kernel
- (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.
- Evidence.
- The new research provides further support for our theory.
- (computing) 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.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
Hyponyms
- moral support
- (military): combat support
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support - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sy.pɔʁ/
Noun
support m (plural supports)
support - Swedish
Noun
support c
Usage notes
Often in the definite "supporten" in (sense 2).
Declension
Declension of support | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | support | supporten | supporter | supporterna |
Genitive | supports | supportens | supporters | supporternas |