supporting

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English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈpɔːtɪŋ/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /səˈpoətɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ
Hyphenation: sup‧port‧ing
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Adjective

supporting (comparative more supporting, superlative most supporting)

That supports.

Derived terms

Translations

that supports

Finnish: avustava (fi), tukeva (fi), auttava (fi), apu-

Verb

supporting

present participle and gerund of support

Noun

supporting (plural supportings)

That which supports something else; a support.
- 1847, Walter Henry Medhurst, A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese, page 252:
  But supposing that heaven had a Lord, then all included in its overspreadings and supportings, throughout the myriad of states, and within the four seas, would invariably be under the government of Heaven's Lord […]
- 1913, Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute:
  […] the pumps could he installed at once on the completion of the pump-house supportings.

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