support
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,772 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,241 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities his support kept the family togetherthey gave him emotional support during difficult times
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of the president no longer has the support of his own partythey developed a scheme of mutual support
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest the policy found little public supporthis faith was all the support he needed
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission also: reinforcement, reenforcement they called for artillery support
- documentary validation also: documentation his documentation of the results was excellentthe strongest support for this view is the work of Jones
- the financial means whereby one lives also: keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance each child was expected to pay for their keephe applied to the state for support
support in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hold them so you support their spines.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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Secondly, the trade must be a genuine commercial source of income, the support of its inventor.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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Oh thou that canst, and she that may do all things, Support these languishing conceits that perish!
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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When a man’s name is Genost de Tregars, he must support his wife, were it by breaking stones.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She was being touched by his warm interest in her two charity-proteges and by his contributions toward their support.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1