support
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈpɔːt/
ipa: [səˈpʰɔːt]
ipa: /səˈpɔɹt/
ipa: [səˈpʰɔɹt]
ipa: [səˈpʰoɹt]
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /səˈpo(ː)ɹt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /səˈpoət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: supports
Etymology: From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English wraþu.
Senses: examples: text: Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
glosses: Something which supports.
examples: text: The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
text: Kim was educated at the newly founded university in Pyongyang, named after his father, graduating in 1964. The 1960s and early 1970s were the golden years for the DPRK. It undertook rapid industrialisation, economically outstripped its southern competitor, and enjoyed the support of both the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union.
ref: 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
text: Admiral Hackett: Hell of a thing you just pulled off, Commander. Curing the genophage? I never thought I'd see the day.
Shepard: Wrex has agreed to help the turians, Admiral. We should get their full support.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
glosses: Financial or other help.
examples: text: Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
glosses: Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: kernel
glosses: in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
examples: text: If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
qualifier: fuzzy set theory
glosses: A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
qualifier: commutative algebra
glosses: The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
raw_tags: of a module M over a commutative ring R
examples: text: The new research provides further support for our theory.
glosses: Evidence.
examples: text: This game has no mouse support.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
glosses: An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
glosses: An accompaniment in music.
examples: text: Dip down as far as you are able, aiming to descend to the bottom of your sternum. Press back up to a support.
ref: 2008, Christopher Sommer, Building the Gymnastic Body, the Science of Gymnastic Strength Training, page 88:
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Clipping of support position.
qualifier: structural analysis
glosses: Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
Synonyms: word: backing
word: base
word: basis
word: bearing
word: brace
word: footing
word: foundation
word: fulcrum
word: ground
word: hold
word: purchase
word: reinforcement
word: support
Hyponyms: word: moral support
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: combat support
Derived terms: air support
book support
child support
customer support
dive support vessel
diving support vessel
do-support
duty of support
emotional support animal
high-support
income support
life support
life-support
low-support
material support
native support
primary life support system
professional support lawyer
self-support
spousal support
support act
support bubble
support dog
support force
support group
support level
support sock
support ticket
support ticket system
support tour
support vector machine
technical support
tech support