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advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for)
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brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, underpinning
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I completely support your decision to stay. She no longer supports the war. The senator says that he supports the proposed legislation. Which presidential candidate do you support? The study is supported by the American Medical Association. The country's citizens were asked to support the war effort. Her friends supported her by signing her petition. The charity supports needy families. Bombers were called in to support the ground troops. The planet's atmosphere cannot support human life.Noun
The team gets a lot of support from its fans. I'd like to thank my parents for all of their love and support over the years. He depended on his wife for emotional support. He applied for financial support from the state. the company's friendly support staff Inspectors found that some of the bridge's supports were weak. She used my arm as a support and limped to the chair. These sneakers are designed to give your feet extra support.
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From nationwide programs to local school clubs, there are plenty of ways to support (and advocate for) girls in STEM. — Shannon Willoby, Redbook, "Why Girls Need More Mentors in STEM," 8 Mar. 2019 The two women will be supported on Earth by flight director Mary Lawrence and Kristen Facciol serving on the flight control team. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Two Astronauts Will Conduct First All-Woman Spacewalk," 6 Mar. 2019 The Fit and Fed campaign started in 2017 and is supported by StreetGames, one of the many charities Harry lends his platform to. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "Prince Harry Spends the Day with School Children in London," 19 Feb. 2019 Rattan-topped stools and a white-tableclothed table greet us under a tent supported solely by sticks, a beachfront version of a Bedouin camp. — Lane Nieset, Vogue, "After Marrakech, Go to Oualidia, the Montauk of Morocco," 30 Jan. 2019 Putting one together requires no tools, since the 5-foot panels simply snap into place and are supported by a patent-pending bracket and strap system. — Madeleine Bokan, House Beautiful, "You Could Have An Ice Rink In Your Backyard In Just 1 Hour," 15 Jan. 2019 Sailor Moon is also, notably, supported by a group of other young women who must contend with similarly complicated but challenging notions of power and responsibility. — Laura Hudson, The Verge, "Zoe Quinn’s Goddess Mode makes cyberpunk magic from the internet," 27 Dec. 2018 Piano’s design is slender but strong, with a steel span that’s supported by thick columns that anchor into the ground at regular intervals. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Renzo Piano reveals design to replace collapsed Genoa bridge," 21 Dec. 2018 But few of the highest-quality free videos are supported by advertising alone. — Joe Posner, Vox, "How to make more Vox Video happen," 17 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
For that reason, most regional leaders have withheld support for the plan. — Jonathan Schanzer And, WSJ, "Trump’s Subtlety Could Yield Middle East Peace," 13 Mar. 2019 As always, there was an abundance of love and support for Wendy. — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, "'Wendy Williams Show' Fans Have Mixed Reactions to Her Comeback Show," 4 Mar. 2019 At a Democratic caucus, attendees physically group in areas of the room to show support for their desired candidates (a practice called aligning) after hearing pitches for each one. — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, "How Is a Caucus Different From a Primary? Your Definitive Guide," 28 Feb. 2019 Less than a year later, Seacrest chose to dress for the Golden Globes in the Time's Up bracelet, a symbol of change in Hollywood and support for women who have been abused. — Leah Prinzivalli, Glamour, "Why People Are Pissed Ryan Seacrest Wore a Time's Up Bracelet to the 2019 Golden Globes," 6 Jan. 2019 Instead, Big Mouth Billy Bass lives on as an Alexa Gadget – a line of random objects that seemingly has Alexa support for no particular reason. — Dami Lee, The Verge, "The Verge 2018 tech report card: Gadgets," 30 Dec. 2018 Uber, which launched its rewards program in November and modeled it after airline miles programs, introduced 24/7 phone support (compared to the regular in-app bot and online assistance) for its highest tier Diamond members. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "Airbnb’s ‘Superguest’ Program: The Benefits We Want to See," 18 Dec. 2018 The pocketed and micro coils throughout provide extra support and breathability, while 100 percent organic cotton makes the quilted mattress top plush, and pure wool naturally keeps sleepers warm in the winter and cool in the summer. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Parachute Just Released A Brand New Eco-Friendly Mattress," 18 Jan. 2019 There’s four far-field mics for Cortana support, but now there’s also a four-speaker Dolby Atmos speaker system, too. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga slim down with 8th-gen Core chips for 2019," 7 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'support.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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What It Is
In technical trading analysis, support is a lower limit in a price channel in which a security’s price tends to stay.
How It Works
Price channels can slope up (indicating bullish sentiment) or down (indicating bearish sentiment); they don’t have to simply go “sideways.” The important geometric characteristic is that the resistance lines (which are the opposite of support lines; they are the upper limits of the price channel) and support lines are parallel, as shown in this price channel for ChevronTexaco (CVX). The channel lines themselves are often based on multiday moving averages or logarithmic scales that reflect price movements in percentage terms. However, technical trading is as much an art as it is a science, and so one technical trader’s price channel might be different from another’s.
When a stock’s price touches or goes below the support, this may signal a trend change, which is why the support level is very important to technical traders.
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Why It Matters
Price channels help tip traders off about trend changes in a stock or "unusual" activity when the price goes above or below the price channel lines (we call this a breakout). For example, a technical trader might buy when a stock hits the support level of an upward-sloping price channel; similarly, traders hope to be already out of a stock before it hits the support level on a downward-sloping price channel.
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