supporting

/sə'pɔ:tiɳ/

Thân thiện

The supporting wall holds up the roof of the old barn.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Providing structural or foundational assistance: Describes something that bears weight or holds up another structure.
   • Providing emotional, moral, or practical assistance: Describes something or someone that offers encouragement, help, or reinforcement.

2. Noun:

   • The action of providing support: The act of bearing weight, strengthening, or upholding.

Examples

• Adjective:

  • The architect inspected the supporting beams of the old bridge.
  • She played a supporting role in the company's latest project.
  • His supporting words gave me the confidence to continue.

• Noun:

  • The supporting of the roof is done by these large columns.
  • Her supporting of my decision meant a lot to me.

Advanced Usage

• "In a supporting capacity": Functioning in a role that provides assistance rather than taking the lead.

  • She joined the team in a supporting capacity, handling logistics and research.

• "Supporting evidence/material": Facts, documents, or data that back up a claim or argument.

  • The lawyer presented supporting documents to prove her client's innocence.

Variants and Related Words

• Support (v/n): The base form from which "supporting" is derived.

  • Verb: I support this proposal. Noun: We need your support.

• Supportive (adj): Tending to provide encouragement or emotional help.

  • My friends have been very supportive during this difficult time.

• Supporter (n): A person who supports a person, group, or cause.

  • He is a loyal supporter of the local football team.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Bearing, upholding, auxiliary, secondary, reinforcing.
• Noun: Bolstering, buttressing, upholding.

Related Phrases

• Supporting actor/actress: A performer who plays a secondary role in a drama or film.

  • He won an award for Best Supporting Actor.

• Supporting cast: The group of actors who perform secondary roles in a play, film, etc.

  • The film's success was also due to its excellent supporting cast.

• Supporting structure: A physical framework that holds something up.

  • The building's supporting structure is made of steel.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of bearing a structural load
   • a supporting wall
2. furnishing support and encouragement
   • the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher

Noun

1. the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
   • he leaned against the wall for support

Từ đồng nghĩa

• load-bearing
• supporting
• encouraging
• support