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How to sign: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant";
Similiar / Same: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, affirm, sustain
Within this category: back, document, prove, validate, verify, vouch
How to sign: be behind; approve of
"He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960";
Similiar / Same: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for
Categories: approve, O.K., okay, sanction
Within this category: champion, guarantee, side
How to sign: documentary validation
"his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this this view is the work of Jones";
Similiar / Same: documentation
Categories: proof, substantiation, validation
How to sign: argue or speak in defense of
"She supported the motion to strike";
Similiar / Same: defend, fend for
Within this category: apologize, stand up, uphold
How to sign: give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
"She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up";
Similiar / Same: back up
Within this category: help, patronize, promote, second, sponsor, undergird
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance, living
Categories: resource
Within this category: comforts, maintenance, meal ticket, subsistence
How to sign: a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
"they called for artillery support";
Similiar / Same: reinforcement, reenforcement
Categories: military operation, operation
Within this category: close support
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: endure, tolerate, brook, stomach, abide, digest, stick out, bear, suffer, put up, stand
Categories: allow, countenance, let, permit
Within this category: accept, bear up, pay, sit out, stand for, take, take a joke, take lying down
