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Definition: Support |
SupportNoun1. The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times". 2. Aiding the cause or policy or interests of; "the president no longer had the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support". 3. Something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest; "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans". 4. A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support". 5. Documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this this view is the work of Jones". 6. The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood". 7. Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support". 8. The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support". 9. A subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts. 10. : any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf". 11. : financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment". Verb1. Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness". 2. Support financially in an enterprise; "The scholarship saw me through college". 3. Be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960". 4. Be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?". 5. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant". 6. Adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion". 7. Support with evidence or authority : make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence". 8. Argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike". 9. Support; of morale, theories, etc. 10. : play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act". 11. : be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could". 12. : put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "support" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Support n. After-sale handholding; something many software vendors promise but few deliver. To hackers, most support people are useless -- because by the time a hacker calls support he or she will usually know the software and the relevant manuals better than the support people (sadly, this is _not_ a joke or exaggeration). A hacker's idea of `support' is a te^te-a`-te^te with the software's designer. Source: Jargon File. |
Finance | In technical analysis, a price level which a security has had difficulty falling below. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | To provide means, force, or strength that is secondary to; back up (scattered eight hits, walked three and fanned two as his mates supported him brilliantly in the field). . Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Any form of splint or appliance used to support the limbs or trunk. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | The action of a force, or portion thereof, which aids, protects, complements, or sustains any other force. (references) |
Mining | Equipment for ensuring roadways, galleries, etc. , in mines against collapse. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A general term for any timber, steel, concrete, brick, or stone structure erected to counteract the subsidence of the roof strata when undermined. See also:self-advancing supports; steel arch; steel support. (references) | |
Public Administration | A support of a piece of furniture. . . the table's single -branched into four legs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | A specialised use of the word adopted by Jeffreys(1936)and again by Edwards(1972)to mean the natural logarithm of the likelihood ratio. The term support function is defined as the natural logarithm of the likelihood function. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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In most western countries alimony, maintenance or spousal support is an obligation established by law that is based on the premise that both spouses have an absolute obligation to support each other during the marriage (or civil union) unless they are legally separated, though in some instances the obligation to support may continue after separation. Once dissolution proceedings commence either party may seek interim or pendente lite support during the course of the litigation.Where a divorce or dissolution of marriage (civil union) is granted, either party may ask for post-marital maintenance (also known as alimony or spousal support). It is not an absolute right, but may be granted, the amount and terms varying with the circumstances. If one party is already receiving support at the time of the divorce, the previous order is not automatically continued (although this can be requested), as the arguments for support during and after the marriage can be different.
Some of the possible factors that bear on the amount and duration of the support are:
Unless the parties agree in a binding written instrument, the court will make a fair determination based on the legal argument and the testimony submitted by both parties. This can be modified at any future date based on a change of circumstances by either party on proper notice to the other party and application to the court. In some jurisdictions the court always has jurisdiction to grant maintenance should one of the former spouses become a public charge.
- length of the marriage
- time separated while still married
- age of the parties at the time of the divorce
- relative income of the parties
- future financial prospects of the parties
- health of the parties
- fault in marital breakdown
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alimony."
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nds:Politik simple:PoliticsPolitics is the study of decision-making power (who's got it, and who hasn't) at the inter-social and societal levels. When considered at smaller scales, e.g. within a profession, it is indistinguishable from applied ethics or specialist ethical codes - for these issues see the list of ethics articles.
At whatever scale, politics is the rather imperfect way that we actually do coordinate individual actions for mutual (or strictly personal) gain. What distinguishes the political from the ethical or merely social is a much-debated question. Most theorists would acknowledge that to be political, a process has to involve at least some potential for use of force or violence - politics is about conflict that is about much more than theory and fashion. To win a political conflict always implies that one has taken power away from one group or faction to give it to another. Most would also acknowledge that political conflict can easily degrade to zero-sum games, with little learned or settled by conflict other than "who won and who lost":
Lenin said politics was about "who could do what to whom" (Russian "Kto-Kgo" for "Who-Whom"). As political scientist Harold Lasswell said, politics is "who gets what, when and how." It also concerns how we resolve moral conflicts that are sufficiently serious that they constitute a risk of social disruption - in which case commitment to a common process of arbitration or diplomacy tends to reduce violence - usually viewed as a key goal of civilization. Bernard Crick is a major theorist of this view and also of the idea that politics is itself simply "ethics done in public", where public institutions can agree, disagree, or intervene to achieve a desirable culmination or comprehensive (process) result.
In addition to government, journalists, religious groups, special interest groups, and economic systems and conditions may all have influence on decisions. Therefore, politics touches on all these subjects.
Authors of studies of politics have both reflected and influenced the political systems of the world. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, an analysis of politics in a monarchy, in 1513, while living in a monarchy. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote "The Communist Manifesto" in 1848 and it went on to be one of the most influential works of the twentieth century.
Today, much study of politics focuses on democracies, and how their form affects the decisions they make.
Other lines of political inquiry attempt to answer philosophical questions such as;
These are ongoing debates that are millennia old.
- is there a moral justification for government.
- what is the purpose of government?
- is there any possible empirical or more formal method for evaluating and quantifying ethicality and morality of human actions that could augment or replace religion or authority or political contention in deciding what political leaders "should" do?
- is there an objective way to evaluate the quality of a decision, policy, leader or party?
As well being influenced by these weighty matters, politics is also a social activity, and as such it is subject to the whims of fashion as any other.
Political science
Political scientists are academics who research the conduct of politics. They look at elections, public opinion, institutional activities (how legislatures act, the relative importance of various sources of political power etc), the ideologies behind various politicans and political organisations, how politicians achieve and wield their influence, and so on.
Political Systems and Ideologies
Anarchism -- Anarcho-capitalism -- anarcho-communism -- anti-communism -- authoritarianism -- Capitalism -- classical liberalism -- Communism -- Conservatism -- Corporatocracy -- Democracy -- democratic socialism -- Green -- Fascism -- leftism -- Liberalism -- Libertarianism -- Libertarian socialism --Marxism -- Meritocracy -- Minarchism -- Nationalism -- National Socialism -- Oligarchy -- post-communism -- Radical centrism -- Republicanism -- Socialism -- stalinism -- totalitarianism -- Theocracy
Political Entities
City -- City-state -- Country -- Federal -- Government -- Nation-state -- police state -- Province -- Republic -- State
Political philosophy
The justification of the state -- Anarchism and natural law theory -- Social contract theories -- Raw is moral philosophy -- Consequentialist justifications of the state -- The purpose of government -- Political virtues
Classical and modern political theorists
Plato -- Aristotle -- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- John Locke -- Karl Marx -- John Stuart Mill -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Johann Gottfried von Herder -- Lysander Spooner -- Henry David Thoreau -- Ludwig von Mises -- Thomas Hobbes
Contemporary Political Theorists
David Friedman -- Noam Chomsky -- John Rawls -- Jan Narveson -- David Gauthier -- Amartya Sen -- Jürgen Habermas -- James M. Buchanan -- Bernard Crick -- Michel Foucault -- Jane Jacobs -- Carol Moore
Miscellaneous
International organization -- Corporate police state -- Crony capitalism -- European Union -- Police -- Propaganda -- U.S. Politics -- Political spectrum -- Political party-- Political economy -- Political parties of the world -- Techno-democracy -- Techno-oligarchy -- Terrorism -- Political Compass -- Divide and conquer -- Political sociology
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Politics."
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In mathematics, the support of a numerical function f on a set X is the set of x in X such that f(x) is not zero. In case X is a topological space and f is continuous, the support of f is defined in a modified way, as the smallest closed subset of X, outside of which f(x) is zero.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Support."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SUPPORT | English | Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments | Medicine |
| SUP.COM | English | Scientific and technical support of a competitive nature | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SupportSynonyms: accompaniment (n), backing (n), bread and butter (n), documentation (n), financial backing (n), financial support (n), funding (n), keep (n), livelihood (n), living (n), musical accompaniment (n), reenforcement (n), reinforcement (n), supporting (n), sustenance (n), abide (v), affirm (v), back (v), back up (v), bear (v), bear out (v), bolster (v), bolster up (v), brook (v), confirm (v), corroborate (v), defend (v), endorse (v), endure (v), fend for (v), hold (v), hold up (v), keep going (v), patronage (v), patronise (v), patronize (v), plump for (v), plunk for (v), put up (v), stand (v), stomach (v), subscribe (v), substantiate (v), suffer (v), sustain (v), tolerate (v), underpin (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: pig-tail (public administration), stand-in (food & agriculture, mechanical engineering). |
| Antonym: negate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. |
Aid | Supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits; support; (physical); adjunct, ally; (helper). |
Noun: aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy; (cooperation). | |
Carrier | Pallet, brace, cart, dolley; support; fork lift. |
Evidence | Secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification; (assent); authentication; compurgation, wager of law, comprobation. |
Indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant. | |
Excitability | Bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard. |
Feeling | Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand. |
Instrument | Hammer; (impulse); edge tool; (cut); borer; vice, teeth; (hold); nail, rope; (join); peg; (hang); support; spoon; (vehicle); arms; oar; (navigation); cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph. |
Preservation | Verb: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice;not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe; take care of; (care); guard; (defend). |
Noun: preservation; safe-keeping; conservation; (storage); maintenance, support, susteritation, conservatism; vis conservatrix; salvation; (deliverance). | |
Refuge | Anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick; mainstay; support; cheek; ballast. |
Vindication | Advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If he honestly thinks that the environmental community is going to whistle a happy tune while rallying support around this pitifully lame mockery of environmental leadership just because he's a nice guy and he's done better than his predecessors, then your boss is the Chief Executive of Fantasyland (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Mrs. Cole, the only problem here is that after you've provided years of faithful service and loving support raising his children - They are his (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) And my wife, Barbara and I are here to support our daughter Caroline (Traffic; writing credit: Stephen Gaghan) Tech Support! (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil) I would like to go on record as saying I am in full support of you going to art school (Six Feet Under; writing credit: David Starkey) | |
Lyrics | They facing a court case when the child's support late (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill) I can't stay on your life support, there's a (Just Like A Pill; performing artist: Pink) No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin' yet (Burning Down The House; performing artist: Talking Heads) | |
Clever | Support bacteria, they're the only culture some people have. (references; author: unknown) Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 P.M., please use the back door. (references; author: unknown) Adult Education Topic: Loss of identity: Losing the remote to your significant other. Helpline support and support groups. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | What Farm Price Support Means to You (1962) Air Support (1943) The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church (1915) He Couldn't Support His Wife (1915) Bertoldi (Mouth Support) (1894) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pictured here is a large group of adults and children sitting around a swimming pool. They are members of a national group called the Candlelighters, which gives emotional support and practical advice to parents, patients and siblings of cancer victims. This group is in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of more than 100 nationwide. The Candlelighters headquarters is in Washington, DC. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Demonstration of rodent control practices being provided to community leaders as part of CDC's community involvement and support activities. Credit: CDC. |
 | Advanced Life Support System. Credit: NASA. |  | Ham Tries Out His Life Support System. Credit: NASA. |
 | Aligning support nails for steel tapes Fig. No. 10, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 258. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Observing from station Tiger South Triangulation in support of aerial photography Triangulation party of Harold J. Oliver. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Aerial view of freshwater wetlands. Freshwater wetlands support a higher diversity of plants than do salt marshes. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Filleting salmon in anticipation of a community fish fry in support of the United Seiners Association. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Heading and gutting salmon in anticipation of a community fish fry in support of the United Seiners Association. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Leased Bell 206 flying in support of seal studies in Bering Sea. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "020702_003" by | Mwolfe | Commentary: "Support column of parking deck of the fisher building - d-troit, mi." | "Phone Girl 1" by Ginger Garvey Commentary: "Series of Photos used to support a membership drive." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Hamilton | In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support [salary] is a power over his will. |
Ambrou Bierce | A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. |
Andrew Lang | He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts -- for support rather than for illumination. |
George Bernard Shaw | A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. |
Grover Cleveland | Though the people support the government, the government must not support the people. |
Lord Melbourne | That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. |
Thomas Jefferson | It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. |
William Shakespeare | 'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The earth, and all that is therein, is given to men for the support and comfort of their being. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2006 | No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | Why otherwise does it direct the judges to take an oath to support it? (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In short, the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The agent and counsel of the parties on each side are authorised to present orally and in writing to the Tribunal arguments in Support or in defence of each case. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | In Italy the Communist Party is seriously hampered by having to support the Communist-trained Marshal Tito's claims to former Italian territory at the head of the Adriatic. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | His spirits required support. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But the moving body, ever tending to fall, needs constant support, if it is to move in a true horizontal line |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was the support of this child, and this child was his prop and staff |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Without factitious support, man is sure to come to earth again beyond that distance |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Join a support group. (references) | |
Muscles that support the bladder. (references) | ||
Talk about their needs for support. (references) | ||
Business | Quality and technical support are also important. (references) | |
Argentina’s emphasis on and support for export activities. (references) | ||
The IFE provides support to state and local electoral authorities. (references) | ||
Children | Hong Kong | A witness support program was launched that helps child witnesses in need. (references) |
Yemen | Some persons with disabilities are reduced to begging to support themselves. (references) | |
Morocco | Typically, their families support persons with disabilities; some survive by begging. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Benin | These stations receive support from the ORTB. (references) |
Sweden | All churches receive state financial support. (references) | |
China | Many had support from foreign secular and religious NGO's. (references) | |
Economic History | Belarus | Support for Belarusian entrepreneurs. (references) |
Afghanistan | It received considerable support from Pakistan. (references) | |
Senegal | Germany also provides support but on a smaller scale. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | NGO's and religious groups offer other support. (references) |
Peru | The armed forces pledged their support for the commission. (references) | |
Philippines | The Justice Secretary said there was no evidence to support holding those released. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | Professional development and fiscal accountability projects further support indigenous self-governance. (references) |
Russia | A 1999 law on indigenous ethnic communities, provides for their support, permits the creation of self-governing bodies, and permits them to seek compensation if economic development threatens their lands. (references) | |
Indonesia | Indigenous groups often claim that they receive less government support and funding than transmigrants, and transmigrants claim that in some cases they are moved to areas with undesirable land and inadequate infrastructure. (references) | |
Minorities | South Africa | The vast majority of Muslims no longer support PAGAD. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | Many Muslims are northerners and tended to support the RDR and opposed the ruling FPI. (references) | |
Germany | Leading city officials appeared to support the construction of the mosque, but the case remained pending at year's end. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sao Tome and Principe | The MLSTP refused to support the new Government. (references) |
Benin | All major political parties support economic liberalism. (references) | |
SPAIN | The terms of its financial support are not available at present. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guyana | Citizens are free to join or support political parties of their choice. (references) |
Iraq | These political groups continued to attract support despite their illegal status. (references) | |
Comoros | The new military commission pledged its support for the reconciliation process begun by the February Accord. (references) | |
Trade | Uruguay | Most government tenders receive financing support. (references) |
Ukraine | Sub-project of Ukraine Enterprise Support Facility. (references) | |
Burma | No government program offers any financial support to private exporters. (references) | |
Travel | Kuwait | Secretarial support is available in business centers at five-star hotels. (references) |
Thailand | SETTLEMENT AFTER RETIREMENT (requiring proof of retirement and financial support). (references) | |
Greece | The level of care at these facilities is good, but the level of support care is considered only fair. (references) | |
Women | Turkmenistan | One unofficial group to support battered women operates in Ashgabat. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Funds went to fund crisis center projects, victim support programs, and education programs. (references) | |
Gabon | Wives who leave polygynous husbands receive half of their existing support as a one-time payment. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Russia | These NGO's receive varying degrees of support from regional and local governments. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | It provides both legal and medical assistance and conducts support groups and consultations. (references) | |
Indonesia | A growing number of children enter prostitution to help their families or to support drug habits. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | The specific issue you were talking about there was missile defense and what you said was Senator Johnson's insufficient support for it. |
Gennifer Flowers | Well, I think that he can see through the polls that he still has a tremendous amount of support from the American public even under the circumstances. I think he's between a rock and a hard place. I mean, he does have a family to consider. |
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres | We hope that their proposal for a peace project is a departure from their previous policies, not an extension of them. Clearly you cannot support war and peace at the same time. |
Julie Andrews | Mostly, I just got up and said that I was thrilled and honored to have been nominated, but in the light of the way I felt and in order to support my company, I felt I couldn't accept it. |
Lisa French | From the kids playing too hard, too rough with her. So, Terry was working day and night, he was making like minimum wage, or maybe a little bit more, trying to support, you know, five other people besides himself. And it just wasn't working. |
Liza Minnelli | Support and love. Oh, so do I. They knew David. David knew them. He didn't a lot of shows with Frank. And, in fact, the very first time I met David, he produced a show that Frank and Sammy and I did together. And that's when I first met him. |
Mark Shields | Mr. Card, in the first week of October President Bush became the first Republican president to declare in favor and support of a free Palestinian state. |
Rosemary Altea | There is something about a car crash, hospital, someone on life support. I wish I knew what I were doing here now. I'm confusing you completely, so it sounds like I really don't know what I'm doing, but that's what I'm hearing very, very clearly. |
Rush Limbaugh | If you were a good son, you'd support your mother if she needed a helping hand. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Coming from every section of our country, they bring with them the sentiments and the information of the whole, and will be enabled to give a direction to the public affairs which the will and the wisdom of the whole will approve and support. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution--to this provision as much as to any other. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Another is that even the support of the strongest nations cannot guarantee a peace unless it is infused with the quality of justice for all nations. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | On the contrary the Soviets are rapidly continuing their construction of missile support and launch facilities, and serious attempts are under way to camouflage their efforts. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Nixon, will support my recommendation that the surtax be continued. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As he assumes that responsibility he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We'll continue to support the Job Training Partnership Act, which has a nearly two-thirds job placement rate. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Where our schools challenge and support our kids and our teachers, and every one of them makes the grade, Where every street, every city, every school and every child is drug-free. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | More support for women's health research. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Support" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.09% of the time. "Support" is used about 25,170 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.09% | 17,138 | 545 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25.07% | 6,309 | 1,540 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.81% | 1,714 | 4,895 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25,170 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Denmark | Silkeborg Idraetsforening Fodbold Support A.S. | Japan | Energy Support Corporation |
| United Kingdom | Knowledge Support Systems Group plc | USA | Advanced Electronic Support Products, In |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "support": acoustic warfare support measures ♦ Ada Programming Support Environment ♦ Advanced Cardiac Life Support ♦ advanced life support ♦ affidavit of support ♦ afloat support ♦ air logistic support operation ♦ air support ♦ air support operations center ♦ An advanced support environment for method driven development and evolution of packaged software ♦ ankle support ♦ antisubmarine support operation ♦ arbor support ♦ arch support ♦ associated support ♦ aviation support ♦ basic life support ♦ basic Programming Support ♦ Biogenic Support ♦ bring support ♦ business support system ♦ cantilevered support ♦ Chemotherapy support ♦ child support ♦ close air support ♦ close support ♦ combat service support ♦ combat support ♦ combined logistic support ♦ Common Support Unit ♦ decision support ♦ decision support database ♦ Decision Support System ♦ decision Support Systems ♦ Decision Support Techniques ♦ demonstration in support of smth. ♦ direct support ♦ direct support artillery ♦ drum up smb.'s support for ♦ education support organisation ♦ education support services ♦ electronic Performance Support System ♦ Electronic Support ♦ electronic support measures ♦ electronic warfare support measures ♦ emergency life support ♦ Financial Support ♦ fire support ♦ fire support area ♦ fire support group ♦ floating base support ♦ general support ♦ general support artillery ♦ get support ♦ give support to the proposal ♦ ground support ♦ Health Planning Support ♦ helicopter support team ♦ host nation support ♦ immediate air support ♦ in support ♦ in support of ♦ income support ♦ indirect air support ♦ inspection support system ♦ integrated logistic support ♦ integrated Modelling Support Environment ♦ integrated Project Support Environment ♦ interagency support ♦ interdepartmental support ♦ international logistic support ♦ it is very wrong of you to support him ♦ kinematic support ♦ lane keeping support system ♦ Life Support Care ♦ life support system ♦ Life Support Systems ♦ logistic support ♦ logistical support ♦ main support ♦ mayday support ♦ means of support ♦ medical support ♦ mobile support group ♦ mobilize support ♦ moral support ♦ mutual support ♦ naval advanced logistic support site ♦ naval fire support ♦ naval support area ♦ nuclear support ♦ Nutritional Support ♦ operations support systems ♦ outboard support ♦ overarm support ♦ overarm support bracket ♦ peripheral stem cell support ♦ points of support ♦ Police Support Group Headquarters and Training Wing ♦ political support ♦ preplanned air support. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "support": support-base, Support-c, support-fighter, support-gathering, support-level, support-post, support-raising, support-services, support-staff, support-structure, Support-surface, support-system, support-trunks, support-units, support-widows, support-workers. | |
Ending with "support": decision-support, life-support, pitch-support, rate-support. | |
Containing "support": electronic warfare-support measures. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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