Definition of "support"

support¹

/səˈpɔːt/

verb
third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported
1. (transitive) To help keep from falling.
2. (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
3. (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
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  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
4. (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
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  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
5. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
6. (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
7. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
8. (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.).
9. (transitive, archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate.
  Quotations
  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, […], (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
10. (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).

support²

/səˈpɔːt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural supports
1. (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
2. Financial or other help.
  Quotations
  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, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
3. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
4. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
5. (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).
6. Evidence.
7. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
8. An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
9. An accompaniment in music.
10. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  Quotations
  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
11. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.

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