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supporting

supporting

2.1
A part of a building, like a beam or column, that holds up weight
  • adjective
  • /səˈpɔːrtɪŋ/
translation icon : sostenedor
  • The supporting beams of the bridge ensured it remained stable under heavy traffic.

So Android phones, all new phones basically supporting RCS.

Examples

  • The building's supporting walls are essential for its overall structural integrity.

  • She placed a cushion on the chair for extra supporting comfort while reading.

  • Spirit is the self supporting, absolute real being.

  • So all of these on the background of their supporting triangle.

  • And here it has all this supporting supporting ingredients and it shows you how to apply it on.

  • And we're just continuing our supporting local train with piano Piano pizza.

Synonyms

load-bearing
vssupporting
  • Specialized
4 4.8

Part of a building that carries the weight above it

is more general and not limited to structural weight

Antonyms

unsupported
1 3.9

Not held up by anything and likely to fall

Compounds

supporting player
3 3.4

An actor who plays a small but important role in a film or play

supporting structure
1 4.0

A part that holds something and keeps it upright, like columns or a skeleton

supporting fire
  • Specialized
1 7.0

Gunfire by other soldiers or tanks that protects attacking soldiers from the enemy

close supporting fire
  • Specialized
8.5

Gunfire aimed near friendly troops to protect them from immediate enemy threats

deep supporting fire
  • Specialized
8.8

Fire from heavy guns at enemy targets far behind friendly troops to disrupt supplies and reinforcements

direct supporting fire
  • Jargon
8.4

Fire from guns or artillery that helps one group of soldiers during combat

supporting tower
  • Specialized
4.5

A tall structure that holds and steadies bridges or power lines

How Load-Bearing

load-bearing
  • Specialized
4 4.8
supporting
2.1
structural
  • Specialized
101 4.2
nonstructural
  • Specialized
1 5.9

Surface Forms

supporting positive

Morphology

supporting = support (transparent) = support + ing

A regular participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'support'; meaning 'serving to support' is directly predictable from 'support' + '-ing'.

Etymology

Supporting comes from Latin parts sub- 'under' and portare 'to carry', and you can see the same root in portable 'easy to carry'. So a supporting beam is like something that 'carries from below' and holds up the weight of a wall.