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to support your dreams

to support your dreams

1 3.6
Help someone reach their goals in life
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : apoyar tus sueños
  • My parents always encourage me to support your dreams and follow my passions.

Examples

  • It's important to find people who will support your dreams and help you achieve your goals.

  • True friends are those who support your dreams and cheer you on.

    Blog text (6)

  • Not that she didn't support your dream.

    Dance Flick (2009)

  • Join a community that believes in teamwork to support your dreams and aspirations.

Synonyms

to encourage
vsto support your dreams
∞ 2.3

Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something

offers practical help to make their long-term goals happen

Antonyms

to discourage
257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

to hinder
75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

How Supportive

to sponsor
362 3.7
to support your dreams
1 3.6
to help
∞ 1.0
to encourage
∞ 2.3
to advise
414 2.2

Surface Forms

support your dreams infinitive
supported your dreams past
supported your dreams past participle
supporting your dreams present participle
supports your dreams third person singular

Morphology

support + your + dream

The meaning 'to help someone achieve their goals' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'support' (to help), 'your' (possessive), and 'dreams' (aspirations). The figurative use of 'dreams' for goals is cross-linguistically common and follows a straightforward compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand the phrase.

Etymology

Support your dreams comes from a simple picture: a friend holds a ladder so you can climb up to your dreams. If someone supports the ladder, you can reach that high place, so the phrase means 'to help someone achieve their goals'.