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Meaning of support | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
səˈpɔːt

Definitions

  1. (product) support
  2. To help keep from falling
  3. Something which supports.
  4. customer service, as in tech support
  5. first-person singular present indicative of apoyar
  6. To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
  7. Financial or other help.
  8. a person who helps or supports (a person, cause, team etc). a crowd of football supporters. ondersteun مُؤَيِّد، نَصير، مُسانِد поддръжник apoiante přívrženec; pomocník der/die Anhänger(in) støtte; tilhænger υποστηρικτής defensor, partidario; seguidor toetaja, poolehoidja پشتيبان kannattaja partisan/-ane תוֹמֵך आधार, थूनी, पोषक, समर्थक, हिमायती zagovaratelj, pristaša támogató pendukung stuðningsmaður sostenitore, tifoso 支持者 지지자 rėmėjas atbalstītājs penyokong supportertilhenger; supporterstron...
  9. To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood
  10. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  11. (of an actor, rôle etc) secondary to the leading actor, rôle etc. He has had many supporting rôles; a supporting cast. ondersteunend مُؤَيِّد، مُسانِد، مُساعِد поддържащ secundário herec, -čka ve vedlejší roli, vedlejší role Neben-... birolle; birolle- δεύτερος ρόλος secundario kõrval- هنرپيشه دوم sivu- secondaire, de soutien שַׂחקָן בְּתַפקִיד מִשנִי समर्थन करना, थामे रखना sporedni mellék- pembantu aukaleikari/-leikarar secondario 助演の 조연의 antraeilis otrā plāna- (loma u.tml.) pembantu bij-bi-...
  12. To help, particularly financially; to subsidize
  13. in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
  14. soporte, sostén.
  15. To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to
  16. 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).
  17. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping: Pillars support the roof.
  18. The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
  19. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to: The letter supported him in his grief.
  20. Evidence.
  21. To provide for or maintain by supplying with money or necessities: The homeless shelter is supported solely by donations.
  22. Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  23. To furnish corroborating evidence for: New facts supported her story.
  24. An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
  25. To aid the cause, policy, or interests of: supported her in her election campaign.
  26. An accompaniment in music.
  27. To endure; tolerate: "At supper there was such a conflux of company that I could scarcely support the tumult" (Samuel Johnson).
  28. Clipping of support position.
  29. Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

Català recolzar sostenir suport suportar
Cymraeg noddi
Dansk støtte
Esperanto apogi subteni subteno
Eesti abi
Français soutenir Soutien Support supporter
Gàidhlig seas sorchan taic
Galego apoio mantemento mantenza reforzo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi hāpai kākoʻo
עברית תמיכה תמך
Íslenska stuðningur
ქართული მხარდაჭერა
ಕನ್ನಡ ಬೆಂಬಲ
Кыргызча тирөө
ລາວ ຄຳ
Latviešu atbalsts balsts
Te Reo Māori manaaki pou
Македонски поддршка
Bahasa Melayu sokong sokongan
Português apoiar apoio financiar suporte
Shqip përkrah
తెలుగు అండం

Examples

“Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.”
“The government provides support to the arts in several ways.”
“Kim was educated at the newly founded university in Pyongyang, named after his father, graduating in 1964. The 1960s and early 1970s were the golden years for the DPRK. It undertook rapid industrialisation, economically outstripped its southern competitor, and enjoyed the support of both the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union.”
“Admiral Hackett: Hell of a thing you just pulled off, Commander. Curing the genophage? I never thought I'd see the day. Shepard: Wrex has agreed to help the turians, Admiral. We should get their full support.”
“Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?”
“If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.”
“The new research provides further support for our theory.”
“This game has no mouse support.”
“Dip down as far as you are able, aiming to descend to the bottom of your sternum. Press back up to a support.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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