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support
English
- 🔊 a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission“they called for artillery support”
- 🔊 the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening“he leaned against the wall for support”
- 🔊 aiding the cause or policy or interests of“the president no longer has the support of his own party”
- 🔊 the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities“his support kept the family together”
- 🔊 any device that bears the weight of another thing“there was no place to attach supports for a shelf”
- 🔊 supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation“the statue stood on a marble support”
- 🔊 something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest“the policy found little public support”
- 🔊 the financial means whereby one lives“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
- 🔊 financial resources provided to make some project possible“the foundation provided support for the experiment”
- 🔊 documentary validation“his documentation of the results was excellent”
- 🔊 a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- 🔊 play a subordinate role to (another performer)“Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act”
- 🔊 support materially or financially“he does not support his natural children”
- 🔊 give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to“She supported him during the illness”
- 🔊 adopt as a belief“I subscribe to your view on abortion”
- 🔊 argue or speak in defense of“She supported the motion to strike”
- 🔊 be the physical support of“The beam holds up the roof”
- 🔊 be a regular customer or client of“We patronize this store”
- 🔊 support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm“The stories and claims were born out by the evidence”
- 🔊 establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts“his story confirmed my doubts”
- 🔊 be behind“He plumped for the Labor Party”
- 🔊 put up with something or somebody unpleasant“I cannot bear his constant criticism”
Spanish
- 🔊 apoyatura support
- 🔊 apoyo support
- 🔊 mantenimiento support
- 🔊 refuerzo support
- 🔊 respaldo support
- 🔊 sostenimiento support
- 🔊 vertebración support
- 🔊 sufragar to support
- 🔊 vertebrar to support
- 🔊 sostén support, prop
- 🔊 sustento support, help
- 🔊 adhesión support, backing
- 🔊 estribar to support, lean
- 🔊 hinchar to support, to cheer
- 🔊 telonero support, support act
- 🔊 afianzar to support, to sustain
- 🔊 soporte support, strut, pillar
- 🔊 sustentar to support, underpin, uphold
- 🔊 respaldar to support, back up, stand up for
- 🔊 apoyar to support, to get behind (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- 🔊 sostener to support, to uphold, to hold, to sustain, to contend, to maintain, to argue, to claim, to underpin, to defend