Translation
to support, to hold up, to back
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Examples
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Strong walls hold up the old house.
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We support your proposal.
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He supported the old man with his arm.
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The association supports the school with money.
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Who will support us at such a moment?
plus : hold from underneath. That literal picture explains the split with , which is the sideways kind of support, something leaned against something else. A pillar the roof; a ladder as on the wall. Figuratively both do duty for backing a motion or a cause, and is the commoner of the two in movement prose - , per . The noun is , and is a supporter.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 13: subteni, sudo, kelkfoje and 7 more words.