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support
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t]
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t], [s??p?o?t]
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
- Hyphenation: sup?port
Etymology 1
From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin support?. Displaced Old English underwreþian and Old English fultum.
Verb
support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)
- (transitive) To keep from falling.
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
- (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language […]
- To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Synonyms
- (to keep from falling): underprop, uphold, stut
Antonyms
- (to back a cause, party, etc.): oppose
Derived terms
- supportable
- supported
- supportive
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English underwreþung.
Noun
support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- Financial or other help.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- Evidence.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- An accompaniment in music.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonyms
- (mathematics): kernel
Hyponyms
- moral support
- (answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold): first-level support, second-level support, third-level support
- (military): combat support
Derived terms
- support act
- support group
Translations
French
Etymology
From the verb supporter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.p??/
Noun
support m (plural supports)
- support
- base
- (heraldry) supporter
Further reading
- “support” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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hail
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /he?l/, [he???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: hale
Etymology 1
From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, from Old English hæ?l, hæ?el, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (compare West Frisian heil, Low German Hagel, Dutch hagel, German Hagel, Danish hagl). Either from Proto-Indo-European *kag?los (“pebble”), or from *?o?ló-, a reduplication of *?el- (“cold”) (compare Old Norse héla (“frost”)).
Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Welsh caill (“testicle”), Breton kell (“testicle”), Lithuanian šeš?lis (“shade, shadow”), Ancient Greek ?????? (kákhl?x, “pebble”), Albanian çakëll (“pebble”), Sanskrit ????? (?í?ira, “cool, cold”).
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Derived terms
- hailstone
- hail storm / hailstorm
- hail shaft / hailshaft
Translations
Verb
hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)
- (impersonal) Of hail, to fall from the sky.
- They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
- (intransitive) To send or release hail.
- The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
- To pour down in rapid succession.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole and hale.
Adjective
hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest)
- (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
Verb
hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)
- (transitive) to greet; give salutation to; salute.
- (transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
- (transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
- (transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.
Derived terms
- hailer
- hail from
Translations
Interjection
hail
- An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
Derived terms
- all hail
- Hail Mary
Translations
Anagrams
- Hlai, hila
Estonian
Noun
hail
- adessive singular of hai
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hal?/
Noun
hail
- h-prothesized form of ail
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hayle (“hail”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
hail
- Alternative form of heil (“healthy, sound”)
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- Alternative form of heil (“health, welfare”)
Scots
Etymology 1
From Old English h?l (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh?ilus (“healthy, whole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hel]
- (South Scots) IPA(key): [hj?l]
Adjective
hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest)
- whole
- free or recovered from disease, healthy, wholesome
- (of people, parts of the body, etc.) free from injury, safe, sound, unhurt
- (of material objects and of time, numbers etc.) whole, entire, complete, sound, unbroken, undamaged
Derived terms
Noun
hail (plural hails)
- the whole, the whole amount or number
Verb
hail (third-person singular present hails, present participle hailin, past hailt, past participle hailt)
- to heal, cure
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hel]
Verb
hail (third-person singular present hails, present participle hailin, past hailt, past participle hailt)
- (sports) to drive the ball through the goal, etc.
Derived terms
- ower hail (“to overtake”)
Noun
hail (plural hails)
- (sports) goal, the shout when a goal is scored, the goal area
Etymology 3
From Old English hæ?l, hæ?el, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *kag?los (“pebble”), or from *?o?ló-, a reduplication of *?el- (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hel]
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- (weather) hail, hailstones
- small shot, pellets
Derived terms
- hailie-pickle (“hailstone”)
- hailstane (“hailstone”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hai?l/
Adjective
hail
- h-prothesized form of ail (“second”)
Mutation
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh?ilus (“healthy, whole”). Akin to English whole.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /he(??)?l/, /h?(??)?l/, /ha(??)?l/
- Rhymes: -é???l
Adjective
hail (neuter haillt)
- whole, complete, full, entire
- Dem sat å gamsä heilä ättermedagen
- They sat and chewed the fat the entire afternoon.
- Dem sat å gamsä heilä ättermedagen
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /²he(??)?l/, /²h?(??)?l/, /²ha(??)?l/
- Rhymes: -è???l
Verb
hail (preterite haile, middle hailes, passive val haile)
- (transitive) To heal.
Synonyms
- häli
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