to support

Definition von to support im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: {v} crutch; back; truss; uphold; frame; To provide materials, effort, information or endorsement for a specific activity, ideal, or entity
I don't make decisions, I just support those who do.; Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to
Don’t move that beam! It’s a support beam.; in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set; {f} uphold, prop, brace; bear, carry; encourage; financially assist, provide for; substantiate, corroborate, affirm; {v} to prop up, sustain, bear maintain; {n} a prop, help, maintenance, supply; supportment; keep; supportance; Financial or other help; give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up; 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"; The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining; 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"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"; A Clause supports a Proposition if the latter can be inferred from the former Code: tms/clause *; tms/proposition *; The place on a chart where the buying of futures contracts is sufficient to halt a price decline; That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reënforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"; The support of a function f (or of a generalized function, or distribution) is the closure of that subset of the domain of definition on which the function assumes a nonzero value It is denoted by supp(f) For example, the support of the function f(x)=x is the whole real line, even though f(0)=0 Whereas the support of the function: f(x,y)=1, x+y<1 f(x,y)=0, otherwise is the closed unit disk, {x,y | x+y1} In Euclidean space, a function f whose support is bounded---i e , such that f 0 ``far-out''---is said to be of compact support The Fourier transform of a nontrivial function of compact support (such as a u-v measurement distribution or a gridding convolution function) cannot itself be of compact support; i e , it has "sidelobes" extending to infinity; be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"; supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support"; any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"; A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons; The support level of a stock is the price level where the necessary demand for the stock meets the selling pressure, thus stopping a downtrend in the price of a stock, or even reversing the trend In short, a support level constitutes a concentration of demand; To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations; If you support someone or their ideas or aims, you agree with them, and perhaps help them because you want them to succeed. The vice president insisted that he supported the hard-working people of New York The National Union of Mineworkers pressed the party to support a total ban on imported coal. = back oppose Support is also a noun. The prime minister gave his full support to the government's reforms; In technical analysis of stock, the term describes a pattern where the price of a security is relatively stable within a narrow range, thus showing the market has a consensus or "support" for that price; the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support"; Psychological, fundamental or technical level that limits selling in a stock / market Often described as a point where there are more buyers than sellers Can appear as sideways support (bases or ranging markets) or uptrend support (rising markets); {i} act of supporting, act of holding up; prop, brace; economic assistance, upkeep; encouragement, aid; If a fact supports a statement or a theory, it helps to show that it is true or correct. The Freudian theory about daughters falling in love with their father has little evidence to support it. = substantiate Support is also a noun. The two largest powers in any system must always be major rivals. History offers some support for this view. = evidence; The inverse of a resistance (see above): a line indicating that the price is unlikely to fall below such line; support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"; To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear; If you support someone, you provide them with money or the things that they need. I have children to support, money to be earned, and a home to be maintained She sold everything she'd ever bought in order to support herself through art school; A price level or range of prices at which a security stopped declining in the past or is anticipated to stop declining should it drop to that level in the future Using price charts you can see at what price level(s) a security previously stopped declining These are the most likely levels of "support" if price returns to those levels again See also Resistance; Price levels in a market that are expected to provide some barrier to a decline in price Support levels are usually at some previous price that the market was active around or formed a low at These are aimed to provide a floor beneath the price; adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"; Arrangement of members used to maintain the elevation or alignment of the conveyors Supports can take the form of hangers, floor supports, or brackets and can be either stationary or portable; To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold; A value maintained with an internal message reflecting the strength or bid of the classifier that posted the message used to influence the bidding process in the next iteration; A stellation cell is said to be supported if all cells from the layer below which touch it are also included as part of the stellation (unless the cell is unsupportable) Cells have top and bottom faces, where bottom faces are the ones that can be "seen" from the polyhedron's centre if no other cells are present So a cell is supported if all its bottom faces are covered by the adjacent cells; Financial support is money provided to enable an organization to continue. This money is usually provided by the government. the government's proposal to cut agricultural support by only about 15%. = funding; The finances and prayer you will need to ask others to give for your mission trip A supporter is one who gives and prays A support team is the group of people who supports you They may or may not know each other; Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold; To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration; The total amount provided on behalf of an individual Support includes food, lodging, and other necessities as well as recreation and other nonessential expenditures Support is not limited to necessities and can be as lavish as the taxpayer can afford; A support is a bar or other object that supports something; 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"; A stock that tends to find good buying interest at a certain price level is said to have good support at that price level Technical indicators like moving averages can also provide support as stocks pull back to touch these trendlines and spark new buyers at such support points; To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches; To keep from falling; The measure of how often the collection of items in an association occur together as a percentage of all the transactions For example, "In 2% of the purchases at the hardware store, both a pick and a shovel were bought "; Historical price level at which falling prices have stopped falling and either moved sideways or reversed direction; usually seen as a price chart pattern; play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"; If you give support to someone during a difficult or unhappy time, you are kind to them and help them. It was hard to come to terms with her death after all the support she gave to me and the family; A support is what physically holds the painting, or paint film, such as canvas, plywood, compressed-wood fiberboards, metal, paper, and boards The ground is applied to the support; To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid; 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?"; be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"; The support of an object is the set of pixels, voxels, etc whose values are nonzero Knowledge of an object's support is required to solve the pixel retrieval challenges; If something supports an object, it is underneath the object and holding it up. the thick wooden posts that supported the ceiling = hold up; To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause; To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate; To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel

to support

Silbentrennung

to sup·port

Türkische aussprache

tı sıpôrt

Aussprache

/tə səˈpôrt/ /tə səˈpɔːrt/

Etymologie

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.