Helped or aided.
Used in a Sentence
supported
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for supported.
Editorial note
I'm trying to find out how many non-techies are supported by each engineer, and my hypothesis is that the number is increasing.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
Helped or aided.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of supported gathered in one view.
Held in position, especially from below.
Having supporters.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for supported.
adjective
Helped or aided.
See also: pendant, pendent, corroborated, fostered, based
adjective
Held in position, especially from below.
See also: pendant, pendent, corroborated, fostered, based
adjective
Having supporters.
See also: pendant, pendent, corroborated, fostered, based
adjective
Furnished with corroborating evidence.
See also: pendant, pendent, corroborated, fostered, based
Example sentences
I'm trying to find out how many non-techies are supported by each engineer, and my hypothesis is that the number is increasing.
Unlike GoogleReader there is a subscription based premium membership available in addition to the basic ad supported service.
Just as in all other ad supported media to date there's always a pressure towards shallowness and laziness.
The 50-100% estimate is probably an exaggeration, but from my quick glance at competitive weightlifting results, 25% seems well-supported.
Yes, it's more complicated, but fits reality better, plus it's supported by lots and lots of data.
But there's also a lot of really good stuff out there that is supported by ads.
JavaScript is supported by the browser itself -- something nearly everyone is likely to have already installed on their computer.
They existed in 1981, but early DOS only supported 120KB per side, and early PCs were fitted with single-sided floppy drives.
Part of it comes back to the ad supported nature of much of the web.
These neighborhoods voted for Golden Dawn because they supported them (by violently removing the Paki-gangs).
Your statement that Safari's engine runs faster than Chrome's isn't supported by any evidence of which I am aware.
Virtually anything that exists in another text editor which isn’t mouse driven has some very popular, very supported, very documented plugin you can use.
Quote examples
The article's statement that "people are lonelier than ever before" is not supported by the references (except insofar as the population is aging, and the elderly are lonelier than the middle-aged).
OK, I checked a few sites and cross checked it with the cyanogenmod supported devices but I can't determine whether the one on the "vendor site" is the same as on the cyanogenmod site.
"Print to file" is a widely-supported printing operation, where the spooler saves the prepared document (in whatever format the printer uses: PostScript, Diablo 630, XPS, PDF, something proprietary...) to a file, rather than sending it down USB/parallel/etc.
Proper noun examples
Supported hardware coverage is not too wide yet though.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use supported in a sentence?
I'm trying to find out how many non-techies are supported by each engineer, and my hypothesis is that the number is increasing.
What does supported mean?
Helped or aided.
What part of speech is supported?
supported is commonly used as adjective.