Direct Cross-Language Association: “Support” in German
This word also exists in German! Meaning: “(product) support”
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Direct German Translations & Equivalents:
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
(transitive) To help keep from falling.
(transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
(transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
(transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
(transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
(transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
(transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
(transitive, software, hardware, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
(transitive, archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate.
(transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
(sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
Financial or other help.
Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; 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).
(commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
Evidence.
(software, hardware) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
(gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.”
— 1995, Nancy Berliner, Sarah Handler, Friends of the House, →ISBN, page 79:
“One of the keys to glassing effectively is supporting your binoculars. Advanced glassers who scan lots of country for long periods of time, or who use binoculars of 10X power or more, often use a lightweight camera tripod […]”
— 2000, Field & Stream, volume 105, number 6, page 87:
“A grain, which in England is generally given to horſes, but which in Scotland ſupports the people.”
— 1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Oats”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1: