Word Finder - support

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(sometimes attributive) Something which supports.

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

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Financial or other help.

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The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

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Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

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Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?

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In relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

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(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).

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

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Evidence.

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The new research provides further support for our theory.

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Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.

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This game has no mouse support.

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An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.

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An accompaniment in music.

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(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.

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To keep from falling.

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Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

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To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

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Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

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

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I support France in the World Cup.

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To help, particularly financially.

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The government supports the arts in several ways.

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To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

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The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

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

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I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.

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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.

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

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To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

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I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.

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

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To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

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to support the character of King Lear

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A position in which a gymnast is holding their body above the rings (or high bar, parallel bars...) usually with straight arms.

You know I always support you.

Support was heavy for the school's primary sport.

He needed her support, not her criticism.

He had a family to support - and two more children on the way.

We might pay a premium to support a family farm.

Everyone here has a role to support our little community.

I know, but having the family's support is more important to me.

The least I can do is support your decision.

She tugged her hands free and leaned into him, sobbing and shaking, unable to support herself.

I called in the DC Sector for support as well.

Alex needed her support right now.

Our helo went down and got tangled in the bridge's support wires.

My father feels it's important to recognize all those who support our family's success.

The only brother not to declare outright war on him, Kiki was a distant second to Andre in his tepid support of their black sheep of a young brother.

I trust that the effort of The Great Round World to bring light to those who sit in darkness will receive the encouragement and support it so richly deserves.

As the Guardian, he'd been her emotional support, and he'd imagined this look when she discussed how scared she was of what was going on outside the Peak.

He cut his trees level and close to the ground, that the sprouts which came up afterward might be more vigorous and a sled might slide over the stumps; and instead of leaving a whole tree to support his corded wood, he would pare it away to a slender stake or splinter which you could break off with your hand at last.

I was conflicted; should I support the love of my life or be more pragmatic?

The man muttered a "No, thanks," released his support and continued on his way to the beach across the road.

Linda is putting me in contact with the support group she belongs to.

His friend was dying and instead of getting the support he needed from his family, he had been sworn to silence.

I would be a damn fool not to devote everything I own in support of this.

Yep. We have our own support group.

The wall at her back gave her support to press closer to him, and when he freed one hand, she used it to grasp his neck and pull his lips down harder on her own.

He'd never been affectionate, but he had never failed to support her father when he needed his most trusted advisor.

In this book, I maintain the future will be without ignorance, disease, hunger, poverty, and war, and I support those assertions with history, data, and reason.

There were more important things to think about at the moment - like how she was going to support a baby on her meager wages.

Fred's lady friends will provide all the support I need.

The Council split on sanctioning me, and those whose support Jetr swayed for me are sending their armies to battle.

After this came the Great Depression, which so overwhelmed the social support structures that Americans turned to the government for help and have never turned back.

One person has the so called ability, with support from a few others.

Others contend, and feel they have science to support, that humans can live beyond five hundred.

All it takes is so much wealth that it is self-sustaining—that the productivity of that wealth can support everyone.

He might not appreciate the china the way she did, but he would understand and support her desire to make use of it.

There would be no pressure on Kiera, and Evelyn would be there to support her.

He'd waited too long for the Council to support him instead of returning to the planet that needed him.

Sprinkled in the assortment of oldies were a few exceptions—two couples both named Dawkins, and Pumpkin Green, a young man taking a break from his cross country hike to California in support of the homeless, or so he claimed.

I have no intention of marrying a man for support - financial or any other.

Rhyn stopped in place.  He'd never thought he'd hear her voice again, and he couldn't remember the last time he'd heard anything that stopped his world in place.  He turned to see Katie supporting Hannah as they entered the Sanctuary courtyard.  Katie wore simple jeans and a t-shirt.  Her dark curls cascaded down her shoulders, and her face glowed.  Her bright eyes locked on his.  She stopped too far away for his comfort, struggling to support her sister.

We have allies here and here who will support us.

He was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520, and in 1521 he went to Venice with the object of winning the support of the republic for Wolsey, who was anxious at this time to become pope.

This is not enough for Alex to support?

A monarch so overburdened with cares was naturally always in need of money,' and thus obliged to lean heavily upon the support of the estates of the realm.

He even made dangerous political concessions to secure the support of the gentry.

In addition to these, there exists in the interior of the dorsal valve of some genera a variously modified, thin, calcified, ribbon-shaped skeleton for the support of the ciliated arms, and the form of this ribbon serves as one of the chief generic characters of both recent and extinct forms. This brachial skeleton is more developed in some genera than in others.

Unfortunately the fruits of his diligence and foresight were dissipated by the follies of his two immediate successors, Emerich (1196-1204) and Andrew II., who weakened the Ar royal power in attempting to win support by lavish grants of the crown domains on the already over-influential magnates, a policy from which dates the supremacy of the semi-savage Magyar oligarchs, that insolent and self-seeking class which would obey no superior and trampled ruthlessly on every inferior.

From them, the official guardians of Hungary's safety, he received no help, either during his governorship (1446-1453), or when, in 1454, on the eve of his departure for his last and most glorious campaign, the diet commanded a levee en masse of the whole population in his support.

Linguet received the support of Marie Antoinette; his fame at the time surpassed that of his rival Beaumarchais, and almost excelled that of Voltaire.

The opposition of the crown prince to the ministers was increased during the following year, for he was a warm friend of the prince of Augustenburg, whose claims to Schleswig-Holstein Bismarck refused to support.

Contributing causes were Philip's support of the Scots and Edward's alliance with the Flemish cities, which were then on bad terms with their French overlord, and the revival of Edward's claim, first made in 1328, to the French crown.