to support
- verb
- /səˈpɔrt/
- After losing his job, he had to support his children on a much tighter budget.
I just can't support the relationships whenever they suck.
- I just can't support the relationships whenever they suck.
Examples
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She had to support her family during tough times without complaining.
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From their beginnings in America, these immigrants established and supported their own newspapers.
Academic text (1996) -
We're here to create a safe place to share stories and support one another.
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Without this underpinning relationship, staff will find it much harder to support the person well.
Academic text (2011) -
Out on the streets, the people rushed to support Canning's declaration.
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And it's not easy supporting someone who's a soldier, a police officer, and a firefighter.
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Thus, most of the lake's volume is incapable of supporting any but the most rugged species.
Academic text (1992) -
Many students support each other through difficult exams without any complaints.
Synonyms
To resist harm and continue to exist despite difficulty
To accept something difficult or unpleasant
To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up
Endure something unpleasant without complaining
To accept something unpleasant without complaining
To not tolerate someone or something unpleasant
To be able to tolerate something you dislike
To allow something annoying or unpleasant to happen
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
- Specialized
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 Tolerant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word support comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and portare 'to carry'. When you support something you dislike, it can mean you 'carry' or bear it, which is why the word can mean to tolerate.