I.
noun
1 help and encouragement
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete , full , total
▪ firm , solid , strong
▪
The candidate enjoys the firm ~ of local industry.
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The plan received strong ~ from farmers.
▪ considerable , generous , substantial
▪
the company's generous financial ~ of the arts
▪ good , great , tremendous
▪ active , enthusiastic
▪ loyal
▪ unconditional , unqualified , wholehearted
▪ massive , overwhelming , unanimous
▪
The poll revealed massive ~ for the proposal.
▪ unflagging , unstinting ( esp. BrE ), unswerving ( esp. BrE ), unwavering
▪
We would like to thank Ana for her unwavering ~ over the years.
▪ growing , increased , increasing
▪ continued , continuing , ongoing
▪ broad , general
▪ grass-roots , popular , public
▪ majority , mass , wide , widespread
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The government has lost majority ~ in the Assembly.
▪ community
▪ main
▪ limited , lukewarm , qualified , weak
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My idea only received lukewarm ~ from my colleagues.
▪ adequate , sufficient
▪ direct , indirect
▪ long-term
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people who need long-term ~ at home
▪ personal
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The proposal has the personal ~ of the president.
▪ mutual
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The parents of the sufferers get together for mutual ~.
▪ 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 ~.
▪ 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 ~ at the moment.
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They turned off her life-support machine.
VERB + SUPPORT
▪ enjoy , have
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The policy has the ~ of the community.
▪ derive , draw , get , receive
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Which groups does the party draw most of its ~ from?
▪ enlist , find , gain , mobilize , secure , win
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Campaigners have enlisted the ~ 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)
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organizations that provide ~ and advice to small businesses
▪ lose
▪ cut , cut off , withdraw
▪ need , require
▪
She will need a lot of emotional ~ at this difficult time.
▪ count on , rely on
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Can I count on your ~?
▪ deserve
▪ announce , confirm , express , pledge , reaffirm , voice
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Many TV celebrities have already pledged their ~ to the appeal.
▪ come out in , demonstrate , show
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one of the first scientists to come out in ~ of ‘The Origin of Species’
▪ acknowledge
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I wish to acknowledge the ~ of my family during the writing of this book.
▪ appreciate
▪ bolster , broaden , build , build up , increase , strengthen
▪
The government is trying to build popular ~ for an unwinnable war.
▪ erode , weaken
SUPPORT + VERB
▪ come from sth
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Support came from all sections of the community.
▪ grow , rise
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Support for the party has risen to 33%.
▪ fall
SUPPORT + NOUN
▪ base , network
▪
He had no ~ base within the party.
▪ group
▪
a local ~ group for single parents
▪ services , system
▪ personnel , staff , team
▪ function , role
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ of
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an intense campaign in ~ of the proposal
▪ with … ~ , without … ~
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The pipeline is to be built with international ~.
▪ ~ against
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Farmers mobilized considerable ~ against plans to remove import restrictions.
▪ ~ among
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The party wishes to broaden its ~ among professionals.
▪ ~ between
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mutual ~ between local cooperatives
▪ ~ for
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The president has expressed his ~ for the project.
▪ ~ from
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The policy has broad ~ from industry.
PHRASES
▪ a base of ~
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Fears that instability would return gave the government a broad base of ~.
▪ a cut in ~ , a decline in ~
▪ an expression of ~
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The rebel leader received expressions of ~ from all quarters.
▪ a lack of ~
▪ a source of ~
▪ ~ and encouragement
▪ throw your ~ behind sb , throw your ~ to sb ( AmE )
▪
She threw her full ~ behind him.
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They are now throwing their ~ 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 ~.
▪ pay
PHRASES
▪ a means of ~
3 sth that carries the weight of sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ firm
▪ added , additional , extra
▪ back , knee , etc.
▪ roof
▪ structural
VERB + SUPPORT
▪ give sth
▪
The piece of wood under the mattress is to give my back extra ~.
SUPPORT + NOUN
▪ beam , structure
PHRASES
▪ hold onto sb/sth for ~
▪
He held onto his wife for ~ as he left the hospital.
II.
verb
1 help/encourage/agree with sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ overwhelmingly
▪
The people of this country overwhelmingly ~ their president.
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I strongly ~ the view that education should be available to everyone.
▪ fervently , fully , strongly , wholeheartedly
▪ unanimously
▪ actively , enthusiastically , vigorously
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The group is actively ~ed by the administration.
▪ consistently
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He has consistently ~ed the tax cuts.
▪ directly
▪ tacitly
▪ openly , publicly
▪ loyally
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He has ~ed the party loyally for over twenty years.
▪ ably
▪
The soloists were ably ~ed by the University Singers.
VERB + SUPPORT
▪ agree to , pledge to , promise to
▪
He promised to ~ me at the meeting.
▪ be prepared to , be willing to
▪ fail to , refuse to
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
Very few countries ~ed France in its action.
PHRASES
▪ be well ~ed , be widely ~ed
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These policies were widely ~ed in the country.
▪ ~ and encourage sb/sth
▪
Teachers should always ~ and encourage their students.
2 show that sth is true/correct
ADVERB
▪ strongly , weakly
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The evidence strongly ~s his claims.
▪ adequately
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The sample adequately ~s this conclusion.
▪ directly , indirectly
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These results indirectly ~ the hypothesis.
▪ partially
▪ generally
▪
Research has generally ~ed these predictions.
▪ clearly
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Our results clearly ~ this view.
VERB + SUPPORT
▪ appear to , seem to , tend to
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed by data , be ~ed by evidence
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His claim is not ~ed by any evidence.
▪ be well ~ed
▪
He said the figures were questionable and not well ~ed.
3 give sb money
ADVERB
▪ financially
▪ generously
▪ partially
▪
This work was partially ~ed by the government.
VERB + SUPPORT
▪ help (to)
PREPOSITION
▪ through
▪
Her parents ~ed 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 , ↑ voter
Support 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