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support

/səˈpɔːt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
  2. Financial or other help.
  3. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  4. In relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
  5. (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).
  6. Evidence.
  7. To keep from falling.
  8. To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  9. To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  10. To help, particularly financially.
  11. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  12. To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  13. A position in which a gymnast is holding their body above the rings (or high bar, parallel bars...) usually with straight arms.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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