support

1. 1

   To help keep from falling.transitive

   • Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
   • He staggered away from the accident site, supported by one friend on each side.
2. 2

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

   • I support France in the World Cup.
3. 3

   To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.transitive

   • Mars does not currently support human habitation.
4. 4

   To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.transitive

   • The government supports the arts in several ways.
5. 5

   To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.transitive

   • The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
   • The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
6. 6

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

   • The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
7. 7

   To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.transitive

   • I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.
   • I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.
8. 8

   To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.transitive

   • Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
9. 9

   To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).transitiveusually

   • Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
10. 10

    To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate.archaictransitive

    • This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.
    • For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language[…]

1. 1

   Something which supports.attributivecountablesometimes

   • Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
2. 2

   Financial or other help.countableuncountable

   • The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
3. 3

   Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.countableuncountable

   • Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
4. 4

   the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.countableuncountable

5. 5

   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).countableuncountable

   • If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
6. 6

   The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppMcountableuncountable

7. 7

   Evidence.countableuncountable

   • The new research provides further support for our theory.
8. 8

   Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.countableuncountable

   • This game has no mouse support.
9. 9

   An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.countableuncountable

10. 10

    An accompaniment in music.countableuncountable

syn. backing · base · basis · bearing · brace · footing · foundation · fulcrum · ground · hold · purchase · reinforcement