support

verb supports · supporting · supported · support

1. transitive To help keep from falling. Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
2. transitive To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid I support France in the World Cup.
3. transitive To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood. Mars does not currently support human habitation.
4. transitive To help, particularly financially; to subsidize. The government supports the arts in several ways.
5. transitive To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to. The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
6. transitive To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to. The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
7. transitive To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for. I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.
8. transitive To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold. Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
9. transitive, usually To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.). Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
10. archaic, transitive To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate. This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.
11. transitive To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer). to support the character of King Lear

noun supports

1. attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable Something which supports. Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
2. countable, uncountable Financial or other help. The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
3. countable, uncountable Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold. Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
4. countable, uncountable in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
5. countable, uncountable 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). If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
6. countable, uncountable The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
7. countable, uncountable Evidence. The new research provides further support for our theory.
8. countable, uncountable Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature. This game has no mouse support.
9. countable, uncountable An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
10. countable, uncountable An accompaniment in music.
11. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of support position.support position Dip down as far as you are able, aiming to descend to the bottom of your sternum. Press back up to a support.
12. countable, uncountable Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.

Similar: backing, base, basis, bearing, brace, footing, foundation, fulcrum, ground, hold, purchase, reinforcement