support
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Is support a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To help keep from falling.Examples: "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."Synonyms: bear, bestand, hold up, stut, undergird, underprop, upbear, upgirdtransitive
2. (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:Examples: "I support France in the World Cup."Synonyms: adhereAntonyms: opposetransitive
3. (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.Examples: "Mars does not currently support human habitation."; "A grain, which in England is generally given to horſes, but which in Scotland ſupports the people."transitive
4. (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.Examples: "The government supports the arts in several ways."; "I said I shouldn’t support anything that deceives people."; "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."transitive
5. (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.Examples: "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"Synonyms: attest, corroborate, establish, substantiate, sustain, verifytransitive
6. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.Examples: "The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force."transitive
noun (English)
1. (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.Examples: "Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform."attributivecountablesometimesuncountable
2. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.Antonyms: kernelcountableuncountable
3. (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).Examples: "If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set."countableuncountable
4. (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 SuppMcountableuncountable
5. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.Examples: "This game has no mouse support."countableuncountable
6. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.Examples: "Dip down as far as you are able, aiming to descend to the bottom of your sternum. Press back up to a support."abbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary