support

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈpɔːt/, [səˈpʰɔːt] (General American) IPA(key): /səˈpoɹt/, [səˈpʰo̞ɹt] (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /səˈpo(ː)ɹt/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /səˈpoət/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Hyphenation: sup‧port === Etymology 1 === From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō. ==== Verb ==== support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported) (transitive) To help keep from falling. Synonyms: bear, bestand, hold up, stut, undergird, underprop, upbear, upgird, uphold, take, bolster (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid: Synonym: adhere Antonym: oppose (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood. (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize. (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to. Synonyms: attest, corroborate, establish, substantiate, sustain, verify (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to. (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold. (transitive, software, hardware, 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.). Synonyms: accommodate, enable, play, run (transitive, archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate. (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English wraþu. ==== Noun ==== support (countable and uncountable, plural supports) (sometimes attributive) Something which supports. Synonym: sustentation (formal) Financial or other help. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold. Hyponyms: first-level support, second-level support, third-level support (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set. Antonym: kernel (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). (commutative algebra, of a module M {\displaystyle M} over a commutative ring R {\displaystyle R} ) The set of all prime ideals of R {\displaystyle R} such that the localization of M {\displaystyle M} at the prime is nonzero, denoted Supp ⁡ M {\displaystyle \operatorname {Supp} M} Evidence. (software, hardware) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature. An actor playing a subordinate part with a star. An accompaniment in music. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ===== Hyponyms ===== moral support (military): combat support ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== == French == === Etymology === Deverbal from supporter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sy.pɔʁ/ === Noun === support m (plural supports) support base (heraldry) supporter ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: sipò === Further reading === “support”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Etymology === From French (or German) and English support. Attested since 1697. === Noun === support c support (help) Synonyms: hjälp, stöd support (for a product) ==== Usage notes ==== Often in the definite "supporten" in (sense 2). ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== supporter === References === “support”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “support”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “support”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)