support

Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

He staggered away from the accident site, supported by one friend on each side.

There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.

1995, Nancy Berliner, Sarah Handler, Friends of the House, →ISBN, page 79:

One of the keys to glassing effectively is supporting your binoculars. Advanced glassers who scan lots of country for long periods of time, or who use binoculars of 10X power or more, often use a lightweight camera tripod […]

2000, Field & Stream, volume 105, number 6, page 87:

I support France in the World Cup.

en:to back a cause, party, etc. mentally or with concrete aid

(transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

The government supports the arts in several ways.

I said I shouldn’t support anything that deceives people.

2020 April 14, “Beaten into a Coma for My Faith, Recovered Without Medical Treatment”, in Minghui:

The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country.

2023 August 2, Ben Tinker, Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, “New director named at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Fauci’s retirement”, in CNN:

(transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.

The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.

The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy

1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will:

(transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.

The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.

(transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.

I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.

I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.

(transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.

Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.

(transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).

This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.

1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language[…]

1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

(transitive, archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate.

to support the character of King Lear

And the award for best supporting actress goes to...

(transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).

en-verb

support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)

supports (present singular third-person)
supporting (participle present)
supported (participle past)
supported (past)
support (infinitive)
support (first-person present singular)
supported (first-person past singular)
support (present second-person singular)
supportest (archaic present second-person singular)
supported (past second-person singular)
supportedst (archaic past second-person singular)
supports (present singular third-person)
supporteth (archaic present singular third-person)
supported (past singular third-person)
support (plural present)
supported (past plural)
support (present subjunctive)
supported (past subjunctive)
support (imperative present)
supporting (participle present)
supported (participle past)

ondersteun

to provide help regarding something sold

ondersteun

to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid

antaa rahaa (e.g. valtio antaa rahaa liikuntatyöhön)

From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō.

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger


support

Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.

(sometimes attributive) Something which supports.

The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

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.

2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:

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.

2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:

Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?

Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.

If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.

(fuzzy set theory) 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).

(commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM

The new research provides further support for our theory.

This game has no mouse support.

(computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.

An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.

Dip down as far as you are able, aiming to descend to the bottom of your sternum. Press back up to a support.

2008, Christopher Sommer, Building the Gymnastic Body, the Science of Gymnastic Strength Training, page 88:

support position
support position#English

(gymnastics) Clipping of support position.

(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.

en-noun

support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)

-tuki (e.g. onko siinä hiirituki?)

compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature

From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English wraþu.