"supporting" meaning in English

See supporting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈpɔːtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /səˈpoətɪŋ/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-supporting.ogg [US] Forms: more supporting [comparative], most supporting [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} supporting (comparative more supporting, superlative most supporting)
  1. That supports. Derived forms: self-supporting, supporting actor, supporting actress, supporting aircraft, supporting arms, supporting artillery, supporting attack, supporting character Translations (that supports): avustava (Finnish), tukeva (Finnish), auttava (Finnish), apu- (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-supporting-en-adj-iw2OSQG~

Noun

IPA: /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈpɔːtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /səˈpoətɪŋ/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-supporting.ogg [US] Forms: supportings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} supporting (plural supportings)
  1. That which supports something else; a support.
    Sense id: en-supporting-en-noun--Kyepkqz

Verb

IPA: /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈpɔːtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /səˈpoətɪŋ/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-supporting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} supporting
  1. present participle and gerund of support Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: support
    Sense id: en-supporting-en-verb-f0mDK-F5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 3 79

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for supporting meaning in English (4.5kB)

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