support system
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3.0
- noun
- /səˈpɔrt ˈsɪstəm/
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red de apoyo
- After losing his job, he reached out to his support system for emotional guidance and encouragement.
- social support system
- family support systems
- a strong support system
What if they were your support system, your cheer squad?
- What if they were your support system, your cheer squad?
- Dude, you've had a secure support system your entire life.
- And the fact is, they have had to create a support system amongst their friends.
- But that's why I said either no support system or an unhealthy support system.
- And more importantly, the social support system failed me and my family.
- Plus, I put together a great support system and it began with my wife, Robin.
- The Actors Fund is an essential part of building that support system for us all.
- And so there's real value in having a support system, that's clear.
- Even if I don't have my usual support system here every single day.
- But he's brilliant and we have a banter and he's my support system.
- Because I think that's how I was able to create such a stable support system around me from the beginning.
- And you really got to have a good social support system in place and have a good plan.
- She's a wonderful actress and she's a huge support, huge part of my support system.
- And there can be tremendous grief when you realize how much of what you believed was your support system starts to vanish.
- And other people, because of school and lots of other things, need a support system to do it.
Examples
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The Actors Fund is an essential part of building that support system for us all.
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Hence, parent and family support systems are often the bridge to long-term solutions to these problems.
Academic text (1994) -
Have clear learning goals and a support system with which to achieve them.
Academic text (2011) -
Finally, look at your support systems and work to have many of them.
Academic text (2015) -
But, although we have friends and a support system, we have no family here.
Fiction book (1997) -
Plus, I put together a great support system and it began with my wife, Robin.
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To survive, we need support systems at the state, national, local, and even personal levels.
Academic text (1994) -
Every individual has a social support system, which may or may not be supportive of talent development.
Academic text (1994) -
Just another support system to know that you're not alone in this journey.
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Well, I've got a great team here... and a solid support system at home.
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of people who meet regularly to give each other help and advice about a shared problem
Antonyms
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a system that provides support' is directly and transparently built from 'support' (aid) + 'system' (a collection of interacting components), so a learner who knows both words can infer a system designed to provide support. This noun+noun compounding is a productive, cross-linguistically common pattern in English, making the MWE predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Support system comes from the image of something that holds things up: support means to hold, and system means parts working together. Imagine friends forming a group to hold a tired person steady; that group 'supports' them, so support system means people who give 'help' in hard times.