support

Pronunciation: [sә'pɒ:t]

Average Rank: 703

Source: ECDICT

n. 支持, 支撑, 援助, 供养, 支撑物 vt. 支援, 支撑, 帮助, 支持, 忍受, 供养, 证实 [计] 后援; 支持

n. the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
n. aiding the cause or policy or interests of
n. something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
n. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts

Past Participle: supported

Present Participle: supporting

3rd Person: supports

Past: supported

Plural: supports

Word Frequency Rankings

#192

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.1% (Top 98.1% most frequent)

98.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#1111

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 88.9% (Top 88.9% most frequent)

88.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#805

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 92.0% (Top 92.0% most frequent)

92.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.