support

verb [T] (PROVIDE)

/səˈpɔːt/

/-ˈpɔːrt/

Definition

B1 to give a person the money they need in order to buy food and clothes and pay for somewhere to live: He has a wife and four children to support.Trusts and fundsBacking, supporting and defendingDefending and protecting B2 If you support an activity or a habit, you provide the money needed to pay for it: The drug company is supporting cancer research. I don't know how they manage to support their expensive lifestyle. Some drug addicts turn to crime in order to support their habit.Paying and spending money › to provide the right conditions, such as enough food and water, for life: The land is so poor here that it cannot support any crops.Backing, supporting and defendingDefending and protecting

(Definition of support verb (PROVIDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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