Definitions for supporting
sup·port·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. support, supportingadjective

   the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

   "he leaned against the wall for support"

2. encouraging, supportingadjective

   furnishing support and encouragement

   "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

3. load-bearing(a), supporting(a)adjective

   capable of bearing a structural load

   "a supporting wall"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. supportingadjective

   That supports.

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1. supporting

   Supporting refers to the act of providing assistance, encouragement, or backing up someone or something. It can involve giving help or resources needed to function, sustain, or achieve a goal. It may also mean to corroborate, verify, or validate certain information or an argument by providing evidence or logical reasoning.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supporting

   of Support

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1. supportingverb

   Verb form of the word support.

   The supporting documents are clear and were efficiently provided.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supporting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4684

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supporting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3574

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supporting' in Adjectives Frequency: #997

How to pronounce supporting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say supporting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of supporting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of supporting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of supporting in a Sentence

1. Michigan Tlaib:

   People can say whatever they want, but I'm telling my supporters, donors, nationally and everywhere, you can support the work I'm doing by supporting front-line organizations that are providing for many of my neighbors that need the help the most right now.

2. Ken Hackett:

   It does seem that Russia is supporting the insurgents and does seem that there are Russian troops inside Ukraine.

3. Marcus Werne:

   There are lots of flights arriving from around the world for search and rescue, and that's the challenge we're trying to address by supporting the airport staff directly.

4. Whitney Rice:

   Those sorts of structural environments tend to go hand in hand, states with highly restrictive abortion environments also generally have fewer policies supporting health and well being of pregnant people, as well as their children and their families.

5. Chris Mercer:

   We filled in the well-deck with aviation support spaces, enhanced the hangar, moved medical facilities and increased the square footage supporting aviation by 40-percent.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=supporting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supporting
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supporting