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sup·port
/səˈpôrt/verb
- 1. bear all or part of the weight of; hold up: "the dome was supported by a hundred white columns" Similar
- 2. give assistance to, especially financially; enable to function or act: "the government gives $2.5 billion a year to support the activities of the voluntary sector" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright: "the best support for a camera is a tripod" Similar
- 2. material assistance: "he urged that military support be sent to protect humanitarian convoys" Similar
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Social support is the perception and actuality that one is cared for, has assistance available from other people, and most popularly, that one is part of a supportive social network. These supportive resources can be emotional (e.g., nurturance), informational (e.g., advice), or companionship (e.g., sense of belonging); tangible (e.g ...
A structural support is a part of a building or structure that provides the necessary stiffness and strength in order to resist the internal forces (vertical forces of gravity and lateral forces due to wind and earthquakes) and guide them safely to the ground.
In visual arts, the support is a solid surface onto which the painting is placed, typically a canvas or a panel. Support is technically distinct from the overlaying ground, [1] but sometimes the latter term is used in a broad sense of "support" to designate any surface used for painting, for example, paper for watercolor or plaster for fresco.
Peer support is an important component of the critical incident stress management program used to alleviate stress and trauma among disaster first responders. For survivors of trauma. Peer support has been used to help survivors of trauma, such as refugees, cope with stress and deal with difficult living conditions.
In mathematics, the support (sometimes topological support or spectrum) of a measure on a measurable topological space (, ()) is a precise notion of where in the space the measure "lives".
The term support group in this article refers to peer-to-peer support. Maintaining contact. Support groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Traditionally, groups meet in person in sizes that allow conversational interaction.
Positive behavior support (PBS) uses tools from applied behaviour analysis and values of normalisation and social role valorisation theory to improve quality of life, usually in schools. PBS uses functional analysis to understand what maintains an individual's challenging behavior and how to support the individual to get these needs met in more ...
Supportive communication is the support given, both verbal and nonverbal, in times of stress, heartbreak, physical and emotional distress, and other life stages that cause distress. The intention of this support is to assist those seen as being in need of such support.
Moral support is a way of giving support to a person or cause, or to one side in a conflict, without making any contribution beyond the emotional or psychological value of the encouragement by supporting them.
This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause.