Word Finder - support

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(sometimes attributive) Something which supports.

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Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.

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Financial or other help.

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The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

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Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

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Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?

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In relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

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(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).

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If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.

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Evidence.

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The new research provides further support for our theory.

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Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.

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This game has no mouse support.

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An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.

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An accompaniment in music.

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(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.

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To keep from falling.

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Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

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To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

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Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

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To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

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I support France in the World Cup.

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To help, particularly financially.

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The government supports the arts in several ways.

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To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

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The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

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To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

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I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.

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To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.

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Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.

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To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

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I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.

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To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

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To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

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to support the character of King Lear

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A position in which a gymnast is holding their body above the rings (or high bar, parallel bars...) usually with straight arms.