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support
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t]
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t], [s??p?o?t]
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
- Hyphenation: sup?port
Etymology 1
From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin support?. Displaced Old English underwreþian and Old English fultum.
Verb
support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)
- (transitive) To keep from falling.
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
- (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language […]
- To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Synonyms
- (to keep from falling): underprop, uphold, stut
Antonyms
- (to back a cause, party, etc.): oppose
Derived terms
- supportable
- supported
- supportive
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English underwreþung.
Noun
support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- Financial or other help.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- Evidence.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- An accompaniment in music.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonyms
- (mathematics): kernel
Hyponyms
- moral support
- (answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold): first-level support, second-level support, third-level support
- (military): combat support
Derived terms
- support act
- support group
Translations
French
Etymology
From the verb supporter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.p??/
Noun
support m (plural supports)
- support
- base
- (heraldry) supporter
Further reading
- “support” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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lift
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?ft, IPA(key): /l?ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Etymology 1
From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijan? (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport".
(To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic ???????????????????????????? (hliftus) "thief", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek ?????? (klépt?))
Verb
lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past lifted or (rare, regional, obsolete) lift, past participle lifted or (rare, regional, obsolete) lift or (obsolete) yleft)
- (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
- c1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrland?
- Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
- c1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrland?
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- 1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West
- Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride.
- Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
- 1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- 2000, Marie Smyth, Marie-Therese Fay, Personal Accounts From Northern Ireland's Troubles
- Maybe the police lifted him and he's in Castlereagh [Interrogation Centre] because he'd been lifted three or four times previously and took to Castlereagh. They used to come in and raid the house and take him away.
- 2000, Marie Smyth, Marie-Therese Fay, Personal Accounts From Northern Ireland's Troubles
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
- being lifted up with pride
- (obsolete) To bear; to support.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- 1885, Lina Chaworth Musters, Book of Hunting Songs and Sport (page 144)
- I lifted the hounds (hoping to catch the leading ones there) to the far side of Hallaton Thorns.
- 1885, Lina Chaworth Musters, Book of Hunting Songs and Sport (page 144)
Usage notes
Lift also has an obsolete form liftand for the present participle. The strong forms were common until the 17th century in writing and still survive in speech in a few rural dialects.
Hyponyms
- airlift
Derived terms
- airlifted
- lift-off
- lifting
Translations
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Noun
lift (countable and uncountable, plural lifts)
- An act of lifting or raising.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, page 32:
- The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, page 32:
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- An improvement in mood.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [4]
- The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [4]
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- A liftgate.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Saunier to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (mechanical device) elevator (US)
- (act of transporting) ride
- (upward force) uplift
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- escalator
Etymology 2
From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”).
Cognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). More at loft.
Noun
lift (usually uncountable, plural lifts)
- (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.13
- No, no, Leddy! the sun maun be up in the lift whan I venture to her den.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.13
Synonyms
- (gas or vapour breathed): air
- (firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth): atmosphere
- (the heavens, sky): welkin
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lift”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- ILTF, flit
Danish
Etymology
From English lift
Noun
lift n (singular definite liftet, plural indefinite lift)
- The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride
- boost
Inflection
Noun
lift c (singular definite liften, plural indefinite lifte or lifter)
- carrycot
- elevator
- lift
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?ft/
- Hyphenation: lift
- Rhymes: -?ft
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English lift.
Noun
lift m (plural liften, diminutive liftje n)
- A lift, an elevator.
- A free ride, a lift.
Derived terms
- goederenlift
- rolstoellift
- skilift
- stoeltjeslift
- traplift
Related terms
- liften
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
lift
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of liften
- imperative of liften
Estonian
Etymology
From English lift.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lift/
Noun
lift (genitive lifta, partitive lifta)
- lift, elevator
Declension
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English lift.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lift]
- Hyphenation: lift
- Rhymes: -ift
Noun
lift (plural liftek)
- lift, elevator
Declension
Synonyms
- felvonó (dated)
- páternoszter (a slow, continuously moving lift or elevator)
Derived terms
- liftes
- liftezik
(Compound words):
- személyzeti lift (lift/elevator for staff)
- beteglift (lift/elevator for patients in hospitals)
- sílift
- teherlift
Further reading
- lift in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From English lift, from Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijan? (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?f]
- Hyphenation: lift
Noun
lift (plural lift-lift, first-person possessive liftku, second-person possessive liftmu, third-person possessive liftnya)
- lift, mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
Compounds
Further reading
- “lift” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From English lift
Noun
lift m (invariable)
- lift / elevator operator
- (tennis) topspin
Derived terms
- liftare
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English lift.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lîft/
Noun
l?ft m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- lift, elevator
Declension
Synonyms
- d?zalo
Slovak
Etymology
From English lift.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lift/
Noun
lift m (genitive singular liftu, nominative plural lifty, genitive plural liftov, declension pattern of dub)
- (colloquial) an elevator, lift
Declension
Synonyms
- vý?ah
Derived terms
- liftový
Further reading
- lift in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Uzbek
Etymology
From Russian ???? (lift), from English lift.
Noun
lift (plural liftlar)
- elevator, lift
Declension
Related terms
- liftchi
- liftyor
Volapük
Noun
lift (nominative plural lifts)
- elevator
- altitude adjustor
Declension
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