support

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
noun aiding the cause or policy or interests of
noun something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō.

Lurgan Sahib operated as support in reserve. — Kim, Rudyard Kipling
He had no assured means of support. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
The support of fifty other representatives was claimed. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

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