to support
- verb
- /səˈpɔrt/
- Is it important for your partner to support your hobbies?
- support students
- support teachers
- support learning
And said, we don't support you guys.
- And said, we don't support you guys.
- So both systems, I would support both systems.
- She went over and beyond to support me and she never changed.
- And I'd be there to support and trust.
- It makes you wonder who supports this guy's vaccine mania.
- Would she support you the way Jack doesn't?
- I'm so sorry Hernandez Keith Hernandez support his second spitter theory.
- So this actually your ground for them to support integration to the east.
- Now that would tell you which companies support which what their beliefs are.
Examples
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She went over and beyond to support me and she never changed.
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And, as a producer, I will always try to support you.
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Will the Prime Minister support a Lying in Politics Bill?
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We're all here to support you.
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That means that they work for and support both Houses of Parliament.
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The creation of this toolkit will directly support the goals of our new strategic plan.
Academic text (2015) -
Such positive support from educators may set the foundation to support positive adjustment in school.
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We illustrate how teachers use language purposefully to support students' understanding of critical social issues.
Academic text (2012) -
The Nimiipuu fashioned their Indigenous society to primarily support and reproduce households while safeguarding the environment.
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Will you support our school's initiative to plant more trees in the community?
Synonyms
Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something
To support someone or something
To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it
To do something for someone who cannot do it alone
To help and support someone when they are going through a hard time
Help someone or show evidence for an idea
To publicly show support for a person or idea
Give someone support with a task or problem when they need it
Support a belief or idea
To give help to someone during a difficult time
To help and encourage each other during difficult times
To give someone support with a task or problem
To help and protect someone when things are difficult
Choose someone or something after thinking about other options
To show public support for someone or something
To choose to support someone, often by voting
Antonyms
Idioms
Kept alive by machines after a serious illness or kept working only with little help
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
Money a parent must pay to the parent who cares for their children after separation to help with living costs
A group of people who meet regularly to give each other help and advice about a shared problem
- Specialized
Medical machines that keep a person alive by helping them breathe or keeping the heart working
- Specialized
Equipment that keeps a person alive by doing the body's most important jobs
A team at a company that helps people with problems and questions about products or services
- Formal
A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner
- Specialized
Government payments that keep the price people pay for a product like milk or wheat at a set minimum
- Specialized
Help that gives supplies, vehicles, and services for military or disaster missions
- Specialized
A price where a falling stock often stops because people start to buy it
- Formal
Help from one government department to another with things like transport or paperwork
- Jargon
Help from one military unit to another that answers the other unit's requests for help
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Actions that use electronic signals to find enemy radar or radio and help commanders spot immediate threats
- Formal
Help between departments with tasks like moving things and office work
- Specialized
A system that organizes and shares supplies and support among groups for a joint operation
- Specialized
Agreements between countries to move and share supplies and equipment during military or disaster relief missions
- Specialized
Help that one branch of the military gives another with supplies and paperwork
A part of the U.S. Treasury that shares intelligence with officials who work on other countries' money and trade
Information and help to prevent people from killing themselves and support those affected
- Specialized
A computer program that learns from examples to put data into groups or predict values
- Specialized
A computer method that finds a clear boundary to separate different groups of data
- Specialized
A tight stretchy piece of clothing for the leg that lowers pressure in veins and reduces swelling
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word support comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and portare 'to carry', the same idea behind words like portable and transport. So to support someone is like 'carrying' them from below—giving them help or backing.