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SUPPORT GROUP

Specialty Definition: SUPPORT GROUP

DomainDefinition

Health

A group of people with similar disease who meet to discuss how better to cope with their cancer and treatment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SUPPORT GROUP

English words defined with "SUPPORT GROUP": AA, Alcoholics Anonymous. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SUPPORT GROUP": SSSG. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Usage: SUPPORT GROUP

DomainUsage

Clever

Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 P.M., please use the back door. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SUPPORT GROUP

DomainTitle

References

  • International Airline Support Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Bereavement Support Group Program For Children: Leader Manual and Participant Workbook (reference)

  • Cancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from 'the Group Room,' the World's Largest Cancer Support Group (reference)

  • Creative Coaching a Support Group for Children With Adhd: A Support Group for Children With Adhd, With Curriculum-Based Activities (reference)

  • The Support Group Manual: A Session-By-Session Guide (reference)

  • The Support Group Sourcebook: What They Are, How You Can Find One, and How They Can Help You (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Fetal Alcohol Effects Support Group Membership (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: SUPPORT GROUP

Computer Images:
SUPPORT GROUP

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Photo Album: SUPPORT GROUP

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

"Escort Carrier, the USS BAIROKO, (CVE-115), part of the Air Support Group under the command of Rear Admiral M.R. Greer, USN, steams past snow covered mountains of Kodiak while recovering Marine support aircraft during 'Operation MICOWEX'". Quoted from the original picture caption. This view was taken by a USS Boxer (CV-21) photographer on 10 February 1949. A U.S. Marine Corps F4U aircraft is flying over the carrier and other F4Us are parked on her flight deck, forward. Kodiak Island is in the background. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SUPPORT GROUP

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Join a support group. (references)

Support group for XXY males as well as males with other sex chromo-some disorders. (references)

Talking with other cancer patients in a support group may also help you learn how to deal with fatigue. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

Of the nearly 45,000 cases of disappearances noted by the CEH, the Mutual Support Group alone has documentation of some 10,000 cases. (references)

Guatemala

In August the Mutual Support Group NGO announced that along with the FAFG, it had exhumed 19 cemeteries and located 28 remains of men, women, and children in Colotenango, Huehuetenango. (references)

Guatemala

On September 5, retired General and former de facto president from 1983 to 1985, Oscar Mejia Victores, went before a trial court for his alleged role in the disappearance of Fernando Garcia in 1984. The case was brought by survivors of the victim as well as various human rights organizations, including the Archbishop's Human Rights Office, the Human Rights Ombudsman, and the Mutual Support Group. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: SUPPORT GROUP

Expressions using "SUPPORT GROUP": fire support group mobile support group Police Support Group Headquarters and Training Wing. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SUPPORT GROUP

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

support group

1,086

obesity support group

17

divorce support group

100

widow support group

17

cancer support group

93

chronic pain support group

17

depression support group

80

caregiver support group

17

fibromyalgia support group

56

autism support group

16

online support group

51

stroke support group

16

weight loss support group

43

infertility support group

16

grief support group

40

support group for christian

16

alzheimers support group

40

prostate cancer support group

15

breast cancer support group

34

lupus support group

15

herpes support group

30

adoption support group

14

gastric bypass support group

29

weight loss surgery support group

14

parent support group

27

home school support group

14

diabetes support group

26

support group for woman

14

large penis support group

26

mental health support group

14

womens support group

25

epilepsy support group

13

adhd support group

22

rosacea support group

13

eating disorder support group

22

father support group

13

gay support group

21

hiv support group

13

suicide support group

20

military support group

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SUPPORT GROUP

Language Translations for "SUPPORT GROUP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

steungroep (back-up group). (various references)

   

French

  

groupe de soutien, comité de soutien, comité de secours. (various references)

   

German

  

Fürsorgegruppe (back-up group). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tûztámogató csoport (fire support group), mozgó kiszolgáló csoport (mobile support group). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gruppo di sostegno agli utenti (User support group). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"援団" , 後援会 (committee, fan club). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しえ" "たい, "うえ"かい (committee, fan club, lecture). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

upportsay oupgray

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pokretna pozadinska vojna grupa (mobile support group). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

grupo de apoyo (support staff). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: SUPPORT GROUP

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

firmamenta, firmamenti, firmamento, firmamentum. (various references)

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Anagrams: SUPPORT GROUP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-o-o-p-p-p-r-r-s-t-u-u"

-3 letters: outgroups.

-4 letters: outgroup, outpours, purports.

-5 letters: gosport, outpour, purport, support, torpors, turgors, upprops, uproots.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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