- support
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 help and encouragementADJECTIVE▪ complete, full, total▪ firm, solid, strong▪
The candidate enjoys the firm support of local industry.
▪The plan received strong support from farmers.
▪ considerable, generous, substantial▪the company's generous financial support of the arts
▪ good, great, tremendous▪ active, enthusiastic▪ loyal▪ unconditional, unqualified, wholehearted▪ massive, overwhelming, unanimous▪The poll revealed massive support for the proposal.
▪ unflagging, unstinting (esp. BrE), unswerving (esp. BrE), unwavering▪We would like to thank Ana for her unwavering support over the years.
▪ growing, increased, increasing▪ continued, continuing, ongoing▪ broad, general▪ grass-roots, popular, public▪ majority, mass, wide, widespread▪The government has lost majority support in the Assembly.
▪ community▪ main▪ limited, lukewarm, qualified, weak▪My idea only received lukewarm support from my colleagues.
▪ adequate, sufficient▪ direct, indirect▪ long-term▪people who need long-term support at home
▪ personal▪The proposal has the personal support of the president.
▪ mutual▪The parents of the sufferers get together for mutual support.
▪ international▪ Democratic, Labour, Liberal, Republican, etc.▪ all-party (BrE), bipartisan (esp. AmE), cross-party (BrE)▪ parental▪ emotional, moral▪She took her sister with her to the interview for moral support.
▪ administrative, economic, electoral, financial, political, practical, technical, etc.▪ federal, government, official, state▪ air, intelligence, logistical, logistics, military, naval▪ customer, tech (= company departments)▪ life▪He's on life support at the moment.
▪They turned off her life-support machine.
VERB + SUPPORT▪ enjoy, have▪The policy has the support of the community.
▪ derive, draw, get, receive▪Which groups does the party draw most of its support from?
▪ enlist, find, gain, mobilize, secure, win▪Campaigners have enlisted the support of the local people.
▪ attract, generate▪ drum up, garner, muster, rally, recruit, seek, solicit, whip up▪ give sb/sth, lend (sb/sth), offer (sb/sth), provide (sb/sth with)▪organizations that provide support and advice to small businesses
▪ lose▪ cut, cut off, withdraw▪ need, require▪She will need a lot of emotional support at this difficult time.
▪ count on, rely on▪Can I count on your support?
▪ deserve▪ announce, confirm, express, pledge, reaffirm, voice▪Many TV celebrities have already pledged their support to the appeal.
▪ come out in, demonstrate, show▪one of the first scientists to come out in support of ‘The Origin of Species’
▪ acknowledge▪I wish to acknowledge the support of my family during the writing of this book.
▪ appreciate▪ bolster, broaden, build, build up, increase, strengthen▪The government is trying to build popular support for an unwinnable war.
▪ erode, weakenSUPPORT + VERB▪ come from sth▪Support came from all sections of the community.
▪ grow, rise▪Support for the party has risen to 33%.
▪ fallSUPPORT + NOUN▪ base, network▪He had no support base within the party.
▪ group▪a local support group for single parents
▪ services, system▪ personnel, staff, team▪ function, rolePREPOSITION▪ in support of▪an intense campaign in support of the proposal
▪ with … support, without … support▪The pipeline is to be built with international support.
▪ support against▪Farmers mobilized considerable support against plans to remove import restrictions.
▪ support among▪The party wishes to broaden its support among professionals.
▪ support between▪mutual support between local cooperatives
▪ support for▪The president has expressed his support for the project.
▪ support from▪The policy has broad support from industry.
PHRASES▪ a base of support▪Fears that instability would return gave the government a broad base of support.
▪ a cut in support, a decline in support▪ an expression of support▪The rebel leader received expressions of support from all quarters.
▪ a lack of support▪ a source of support▪ support and encouragement▪ throw your support behind sb, throw your support to sb (AmE)▪She threw her full support behind him.
▪They are now throwing their support to the other candidate.
2 money to buy food, clothes, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ child, family, social, spousal (esp. AmE)▪ income (BrE)VERB + SUPPORT▪ claim▪Families earning below a certain amount can claim child support.
▪ payPHRASES▪ a means of support3 sth that carries the weight of sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ firm▪ added, additional, extra▪ back, knee, etc.▪ roof▪ structuralVERB + SUPPORT▪ give sth▪The piece of wood under the mattress is to give my back extra support.
SUPPORT + NOUN▪ beam, structurePHRASES▪ hold onto sb/sth for support▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He held onto his wife for support as he left the hospital.
verb1 help/encourage/agree with sb/sthADVERB▪ overwhelmingly▪The people of this country overwhelmingly support their president.
▪I strongly support the view that education should be available to everyone.
▪ fervently, fully, strongly, wholeheartedly▪ unanimously▪ actively, enthusiastically, vigorously▪The group is actively supported by the administration.
▪ consistently▪He has consistently supported the tax cuts.
▪ directly▪ tacitly▪ openly, publicly▪ loyally▪He has supported the party loyally for over twenty years.
▪ ably▪The soloists were ably supported by the University Singers.
VERB + SUPPORT▪ agree to, pledge to, promise to▪He promised to support me at the meeting.
▪ be prepared to, be willing to▪ fail to, refuse toPREPOSITION▪ in▪Very few countries supported France in its action.
PHRASES▪ be well supported, be widely supported▪These policies were widely supported in the country.
▪ support and encourage sb/sth▪Teachers should always support and encourage their students.
2 show that sth is true/correctADVERB▪ strongly, weakly▪The evidence strongly supports his claims.
▪ adequately▪The sample adequately supports this conclusion.
▪ directly, indirectly▪These results indirectly support the hypothesis.
▪ partially▪ generally▪Research has generally supported these predictions.
▪ clearly▪Our results clearly support this view.
VERB + SUPPORT▪ appear to, seem to, tend toPHRASES▪ be supported by data, be supported by evidence▪His claim is not supported by any evidence.
▪ be well supported▪He said the figures were questionable and not well supported.
3 give sb moneyADVERB▪ financially▪ generously▪ partially▪This work was partially supported by the government.
VERB + SUPPORT▪ help (to)PREPOSITION▪ through▪Her parents supported her all through college.
Support is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑argument, ↑beam, ↑brace, ↑column, ↑conference, ↑data, ↑evidence, ↑experiment, ↑finding, ↑habitat, ↑institute, ↑ministry, ↑party, ↑petition, ↑pillar, ↑report, ↑research, ↑resolution, ↑result, ↑sponsor, ↑study, ↑union, ↑volunteer, ↑voterSupport is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accusation, ↑allegation, ↑amendment, ↑amnesty, ↑appeal, ↑argument, ↑assertion, ↑assumption, ↑back, ↑ban, ↑belief, ↑bid, ↑bill, ↑boycott, ↑campaign, ↑candidate, ↑case, ↑cause, ↑ceiling, ↑charity, ↑claim, ↑conclusion, ↑contention, ↑creation, ↑currency, ↑cut, ↑decision, ↑democracy, ↑development, ↑diagnosis, ↑dictatorship, ↑disarmament, ↑doctrine, ↑draft, ↑economy, ↑effort, ↑equality, ↑establishment, ↑event, ↑existence, ↑expansion, ↑family, ↑finding, ↑force, ↑format, ↑government, ↑graphics, ↑habit, ↑hypothesis, ↑idea, ↑ideal, ↑ideology, ↑impression, ↑industrial action, ↑industry, ↑inference, ↑initiative, ↑interpretation, ↑invasion, ↑legislation, ↑lifestyle, ↑motion, ↑move, ↑movement, ↑need, ↑nomination, ↑nominee, ↑notion, ↑objective, ↑occupation, ↑petition, ↑plan, ↑plea, ↑point of view, ↑policy, ↑position, ↑practice, ↑prediction, ↑program, ↑project, ↑proposal, ↑proposition, ↑rebel, ↑rebellion, ↑recommendation, ↑reform, ↑regime, ↑relative, ↑research, ↑resolution, ↑return, ↑right, ↑roof, ↑scheme, ↑slavery, ↑study, ↑submission, ↑suggestion, ↑supposition, ↑system, ↑team, ↑terror, ↑terrorism, ↑theory, ↑thesis, ↑ticket, ↑treaty, ↑troops, ↑use, ↑view, ↑viewpoint, ↑weight, ↑work
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
