Definitions for self-support

self-support self-sup·port

Spelling: [self-suh-pawrt, -pohrt, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf səˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Support is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 858 anagrams from letters in self-support (-eflopprsstu).

Definitions for self-support

noun

  1. the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.

Origin of self-support

First recorded in 1760-70

Examples for self-support

I do not ignore this, and shall have more to say of self-support elsewhere.

The native church must not be judged too harshly for its failure in self-support.

The problem of the negro relates to his capacity for improvement and self-support.

She asked herself that now, and then her self-support became uneven.

But to face the foreign invader, had this poor people any self-support?

Diligence was enjoined for self-support, and that others might be helped.

There are some qualities which are gained by self-support better than in any other way.

self-support is essential to the possession of a permanent and happy home.

A country so steeped in manmade misfortunes, so proud of its ethos of self-support, was caught unaware when nature struck.

But may there not be some doubts of their self-support in milder regions?

Word Value for self-support
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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