Support Definition
sə-pôrt
supported, supporting, supports
verb
supported, supporting, supports
To carry or bear the weight of; keep from falling, slipping, or sinking; hold up.
Webster's New World
To carry or bear (a specified weight, strain, pressure, etc.)
Webster's New World
To give courage, faith, or confidence to; help or comfort.
Webster's New World
To maintain or provide for (a person, institution, etc.) with money, or subsistence.
Webster's New World
To keep up; maintain; sustain; specif., to maintain (the price of a specified commodity) as by government purchase of surpluses.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
supports
The act of supporting.
Our candidate needs your support.
American Heritage
A supporting or being supported.
Webster's New World
A person or thing that supports.
Webster's New World
The provision of money or the necessities of life.
Child support.
American Heritage
Help or advice offered to those encountering difficulties with a product or service.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Providing or having to do with support.
Support staff for a company's computer system.
Webster's New World
Origin of Support
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Middle English supporten from Old French supporter from Latin supportāre to carry sub- from below sub– portāre to carry per-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from Old French supporter. Displaced Old English wreðian (“to support, sustain, uphold").
From Wiktionary
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