• Czech: podporovat
• Finnish: tukea
• Japanese: 対応する
• Russian: поддерживать (podd'érživat') , поддержать (podd'eržát')

• Finnish: kannattaa, tukea
• Japanese: 支える, 支援する
• Russian: поддерживать (podd'érživat') , поддержать (podd'eržát')

• ttbc Dutch: steunen, ondersteunen
• ttbc French: soutenir (2,4)
• ttbc German: stützen (1), unterstützen (2,3)
• ttbc Hungarian: támogatni, eltartani

Derived terms

• supportable
• supported
• supportive

See also

• moral support

French

Etymology

From the verb supporter.

Noun

fr-noun m

1. support
2. base

Support may refer to the following:

• Sympathy, emotional support;
• Technical support (a.k.a tech support) - in computer hardware, software or electronic goods;
• Support (mathematics), a kind of subset of the domain of a function;
• Support (measure theory), a subset of a measurable space;
• Method of support; in statistics, "support" is the logarithm of the likelihood;
• Support (mobile framework), in mobile computing;
• Support (technical analysis), in security trading;
• Military combat support (see combat engineers, anti-tank, artillery); see also Fire Support
• Military service support (see combat medic, military intelligence, military logistics);
• Supports in architecture include arch, beam (structure), column, balcony, stretcher
• Political Advocacy
• Fan Clubs (Sociology) (Mentors, art appreciators, artist appreciators.)

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