support
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Old French supporter.
[edit] Noun
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support (plural supports)
- Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
- Don’t move that beam! It’s a support for the whole platform.
- Don’t move that beam! It’s a support beam.
- 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?
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
[edit] Derived terms
- moral support
- combat support (military)
[edit] Translations
something which supports
financial or other help
answers and resolution of problems
set of points where the function is not zero
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[edit] Verb
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to support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)
- (transitive) To keep from falling.
- Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- The government supports the arts in several ways.
- (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
[edit] Antonyms
- (to back a cause, party, etc.): oppose
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to keep from falling
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to help, particularly financially
to provide help regarding something sold
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to back
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From the verb supporter.
[edit] Noun
support m. (plural supports)
