Definitions for support

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support sup·port

Spelling: [suh-pawrt, -pohrt]

IPA: /səˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt/

Support is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in support (opprstu).

Definitions for support

noun

1. the act or an instance of supporting.
2. the state of being supported.
3. something that serves as a foundation, prop, brace, or stay.
4. maintenance, as of a person or family, with necessaries, means, or funds:
5. a person or thing that supports, as financially:
6. a person or thing that gives aid or assistance.
7. an actor, actress, or group performing with a lead performer.
8. the material, as canvas or wood, on which a picture is painted.
9. Stock Exchange. support level.

adjective

1. (of hosiery) made with elasticized fibers so as to fit snugly on the legs, thereby aiding circulation, relieving fatigue, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
2. to sustain or withstand (weight, pressure, strain, etc.) without giving way; serve as a prop for.
3. to undergo or endure, especially with patience or submission; tolerate.
4. to sustain (a person, the mind, spirits, courage, etc.) under trial or affliction:
5. to maintain (a person, family, establishment, institution, etc.) by supplying with things necessary to existence; provide for:
6. to uphold (a person, cause, policy, etc.) by aid, countenance, one's vote, etc.; back; second.
7. to maintain or advocate (a theory, principle, etc.).
8. to corroborate (a statement, opinion, etc.):
9. to act with or second (a lead performer); assist in performance:

Origin of support

1350-1400; (v.) Middle English supporten Middle French supporter Medieval Latin supportāre to endure (Latin: to convey), equivalent to sup- sup- + portāre to carry (se

Examples for support

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.

As long ago as the early 1970s, he had gone on to support most civil rights-related legislation.

In supporting it, therefore, we support all that is dear to the freeman and the philanthropist.

“I do not support gay marriages being recognized in Florida,” he wrote Andrew Walther of Sanford.

In October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.

As usual, balm was on his lips, and I found encouragement and support.

You used to support your family comfortably when you had one.

In support of his deposition he produced his billet de garde, dated the 8th.

This initiative had the support of all 22 members of the Arab League, which in and of itself is remarkable.

Both are considered marginal figures in the House GOP caucus and have no real base of support for their respective bids.