Word Finder - supports

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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.

With flat roofs the pressure exerted upon the supports is directly vertical.

Larger globes are usually on a stand the top of which supports an artificial horizon.

Moving troops in close proximity to an enemy is always dangerous, and military history supports that view.

This cement mass is heightened at many places so as to make platforms and supports for huts.

Certain evidence which supports this view will be referred to later.

It does not burn, but supports the combustion of heated substances almost as well as oxygen.

The government supports elementary free schools, controlled by a nominated board of education, while committees partly elected exercise local supervision.

The state supports three parks - Itasca state park (22,000 acres, established in 1891), about the sources of the Mississippi, in Clearwater, Becker and Hubbard counties; the St Croix (established in 1895), in Chicago county, across the St Croix from the Wisconsin state park of the same name, and including the beautiful Dalles of the St Croix; and the Minneopa state park (established in 1905), containing Minneopa Falls, near Mankato.

The effect of chemical agents in producing coagulation are in consonance with what is known of other instances of polymeric or condensation changes, whilst the fact that the collection of globules separated by creaming after thorough washing, and therefore removal of all proteid, is susceptible of solidification into caoutchouc by a merely mechanical act such as churning, strongly supports the view that the character of the change is distinct from that of any alteration which may occur in the proteid constituents of the latex.

A kind of vulcanite which contains a large proportion of vermilion or other mineral pigment is used, under the name of dental rubber, for making artificial gums and supports for artificial teeth.

Anteriorly this base supports a gurrie or gutter, the pre-oral rim of which is formed by a simple lip, but the post-oral rim is composed of a closely set row of tentacles.

The development of the brachial supports has been studied by Friele, Fischer and Oehlert.

Within an hour's walk of Path are to be found, he says, about 700 species of butterflies, "whilst the total number found in the British Islands does not exceed 66, and the whole of Europe supports only 321."

Black ironwood is likewise used in building wagons, while sneezewood is largely utilized for supports for piers and other marine structures, being impervious to the attacks of the Teredo navalis.

In consequence of the breaking away of the lower part of "Cleopatra's Needles" when removed to Alexandria and re-erected, the Roman engineers supported the angles on bronze crabs, one of which with three reproductions now supports the angles of the obelisk on the Thames Embankment.

In the north-west the Dhahira district sloping towards the Jewasimi coast is more steppe-like in character; but there two oases of great fertility are found, of which Birema, visited by both Miles and Zwemer, supports a population of 15,000.

But the French had to fill the gap between the villages, and also to move forward to give room for the supports to form up.

The resulting pebble and quartz-sand is very unproductive, and supports chiefly a poor underwood and crippled pines with widely spreading roots which seek their nourishment afar.

In purity of tone and velvetlike gloss of surface there is distinct inferiority on the side of the Japanese ware, but in thinness of pale it supports comparison, and in profusion and beauty of incised decoration it excels its Chinese original.

It mounts first westwards to an open space, then turns eastwards till it reaches the eastern end of the terrace wall that supports the temple, and then turns again and curves up north and then west towards the temple.

So technology supports quality of life (from vaccines to Volvos) and generates wealth.

I do not mean that exactly, but I mean something which he might think a good deal like that; I mean that they should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end.

If Marca's criticism is too often undecided, both in the ancient epochs, where he supports the text by a certain amount of guesswork and in certain points where he touches on religion, yet he always gives the text correctly.

It supports a fishing population of over 30,000, most of whom are Annamese; the fish, which are taken by means of large nets at the end of the inundation, are either dried or fermented for the production of the sauce known as nuoc-mam.

The state supports a highly efficient public school system, organized through all the grades from the primary district and rural schools to the state university.

The span between supports was 259 ft., the clear span 2402 ft.; depth between joint pins 16 ft.

Generally a girder supports both a dead with a travelling load like a railway train, this is greater for partial and a live load.

Still others argue for a system of government price supports, incentives, and subsidies, as is found in the United States and Europe.

The biggest appeal of the clamshell model will be the 4-inch widescreen TFT display that supports 16 million colors hidden under the bonnet.

Most places that sell the CoolMax mattress have foundation options and other supports made for the CoolMax.

The other way to purchase eBooks is to shop online, either at the website of the store that supports your device or at a website that sells eBooks in a variety of formats, like eBooks.com.

It supports dual alarms that can be set and used independently.

It also supports dual alarm times and a gradual escalating alarm volume.

The full GPS functionality supports not only running, but also other activities like racing, biking and field operations.

The Nook supports a wide range of e-book formats, including ePub, BBeB, Adobe PDF, XLS, DOC, PPT, PPS, TXT, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, AAC and MP4 formats.

Under the “IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers” (or “SCSI and RAID Controllers” depending on the computer) just confirm that one of the listings says “SATA.” If it does, then the computer supports SSDs.

As you or your child progresses in ability, you may find the quality of the original instrument no longer supports the level of musicianship.

Lower-end routers will have 10/100 Ethernet, meaning it only supports the standards with maximum transfer speeds of 10Mbps and 100Mbps.

Cinnamon has been shown to help balance sugars in the body, and kelp supports the adrenal system.

The farmers and ranchers that the company supports are committed to producing foods using sustainable methods of agriculture.

WebMD.com supports the updated view that cats should be spayed as soon as possible, as young as eight weeks if the kitten weighs at least two pounds.

The Library of Congress supports this outstanding free online library that is filled with countless books including classic stories like A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

The USAA supports the Association of Graduates (AOG) and contributes for every active account.

This point of view also supports the idea that children should continue live in the same style they were enjoying before their parents separated.

For example, it is not enough to merely make the bold proclamation that the other parent is mentally ill; provide documentation that supports this statement.

In most cases, the DMoU becomes the foundation which ultimately supports the accompanying legal divorce agreement.

Family values are ideas that an entire family supports and that parents strive to pass along to their children.

Understanding how faith and values connect is an important step for passing along those values and the faith that supports them.

The good news is that the majority of loft beds are constructed with strong enough supports to be used as a stand-alone piece of furniture.

Designed to be affordable, this chair features the patented PostureFit, which supports the way your pelvis tilts naturally forward, keeping your spine naturally aligned, whether you're leaning back or forward.