support

  • (noun): (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
  • (noun): Financial or other help.
  • (noun): Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • (noun): In relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
  • (noun): (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).
  • (noun): Evidence.
  • (noun): Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • (noun): An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
  • (noun): An accompaniment in music.
  • (noun): (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
  • (verb): To keep from falling.
  • (verb): To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • (verb): To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • (verb): To help, particularly financially.
  • (verb): To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • (verb): To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • (verb): To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
  • (verb): To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • (verb): To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • (verb): To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
  • (noun): A position in which a gymnast is holding their body above the rings (or high bar, parallel bars...) usually with straight arms.
  • Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
  • The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
  • Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
  • If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
  • The new research provides further support for our theory.