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support

[suh-pawrt] / səˈpɔrt /










Usage

What are other ways to say support? To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim. Uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority.

Example Sentences

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These widely distributed "support cells" appear to be just as important as neurons when it comes to forming and controlling fear memories.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

But without sufficient support, training and organized enterprise data, the technology is often difficult to adopt.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Leiva, who works at the community center’s library one day a week, said the dancing reminds him that Cubans, even when things are hard, turn to one another for support.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The fiscal boost that was supposed to carry growth this spring—and with it, support for hiring—is in a race against the gas pump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“This is our son, Jonah, and his friend Chip, whose parents couldn’t come today; and our daughter, Katherine, who’s not adopted but wanted to be here to, uh, support her brother.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix