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