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Collocations for support - noun

1. help and encouragement

ADJECTIVE

complete, full, total
firm, solid, strong
The candidate enjoys the firm support of local industry.
The plan received strong support from farmers.
considerable, generous, substantial
the company's generous financial support of the arts
good, great, tremendous
active, enthusiastic
loyal
unconditional, unqualified, wholehearted
massive, overwhelming, unanimous
The poll revealed massive support for the proposal.
unflagging, unstinting (esp. BrE), unswerving (esp. BrE), unwavering
We would like to thank Ana for her unwavering support over the years.
growing, increased, increasing
continued, continuing, ongoing
broad, general
grass-roots, popular, public
majority, mass, wide, widespread
The government has lost majority support in the Assembly.
community
main
limited, lukewarm, qualified, weak
My idea only received lukewarm support from my colleagues.
adequate, sufficient
direct, indirect
long-term
people who need long-term support at home
personal
The proposal has the personal support of the president.
mutual
The parents of the sufferers get together for mutual support.
international
Democratic, Labour, Liberal, Republican, etc.
all-party (BrE), bipartisan (esp. AmE), cross-party (BrE)
parental
emotional, moral
She took her sister with her to the interview for moral support.
administrative, economic, electoral, financial, political, practical, technical, etc.
federal, government, official, state
air, intelligence, logistical, logistics, military, naval
customer, tech (= company departments)
life
He's on life support at the moment.
They turned off her life-support machine.

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VERB + support

enjoy, have
The policy has the support of the community.
derive, draw, get, receive
Which groups does the party draw most of its support from?
enlist, find, gain, mobilize, secure, win
Campaigners have enlisted the support of the local people.
attract, generate
drum up, garner, muster, rally, recruit, seek, solicit, whip up
give sb/sth, lend (sb/sth), offer (sb/sth), provide (sb/sth with)
organizations that provide support and advice to small businesses
lose
cut, cut off, withdraw
need, require
She will need a lot of emotional support at this difficult time.
count on, rely on
Can I count on your support?
deserve
announce, confirm, express, pledge, reaffirm, voice
Many TV celebrities have already pledged their support to the appeal.
come out in, demonstrate, show
one of the first scientists to come out in support of ‘The Origin of Species’
acknowledge
I wish to acknowledge the support of my family during the writing of this book.
appreciate
bolster, broaden, build, build up, increase, strengthen
The government is trying to build popular support for an unwinnable war.
erode, weaken

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support + VERB

come from sth
Support came from all sections of the community.
grow, rise
Support for the party has risen to 33%.
fall

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support + NOUN

base, network
He had no support base within the party.
group
a local support group for single parents
services, system
personnel, staff, team
function, role

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PREPOSITION

in support of
an intense campaign in support of the proposal
with … support, without … support
The pipeline is to be built with international support.
support against
Farmers mobilized considerable support against plans to remove import restrictions.
support among
The party wishes to broaden its support among professionals.
support between
mutual support between local cooperatives
support for
The president has expressed his support for the project.
support from
The policy has broad support from industry.

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PHRASES

a base of support
Fears that instability would return gave the government a broad base of support.
a cut in support, a decline in support
an expression of support
The rebel leader received expressions of support from all quarters.
a lack of support
a source of support
support and encouragement
throw your support behind sb, throw your support to sb (AmE)
She threw her full support behind him.
They are now throwing their support to the other candidate.

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2. money to buy food, clothes, etc.

ADJECTIVE

child, family, social, spousal (esp. AmE)
income (BrE)

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VERB + support

claim
Families earning below a certain amount can claim child support.
pay

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PHRASES

a means of support

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3. sth that carries the weight of sb/sth

ADJECTIVE

firm
added, additional, extra
back, knee, etc.
roof
structural

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VERB + support

give sth
The piece of wood under the mattress is to give my back extra support.

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support + NOUN

beam, structure

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PHRASES

hold onto sb/sth for support
He held onto his wife for support as he left the hospital.

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Collocations for support - verb

1. help/encourage/agree with sb/sth

ADVERB

overwhelmingly
The people of this country overwhelmingly support their president.
I strongly support the view that education should be available to everyone.
fervently, fully, strongly, wholeheartedly
unanimously
actively, enthusiastically, vigorously
The group is actively supported by the administration.
consistently
He has consistently supported the tax cuts.
directly
tacitly
openly, publicly
loyally
He has supported the party loyally for over twenty years.
ably
The soloists were ably supported by the University Singers.

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VERB + support

agree to, pledge to, promise to
He promised to support me at the meeting.
be prepared to, be willing to
fail to, refuse to

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PREPOSITION

in
Very few countries supported France in its action.

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PHRASES

be well supported, be widely supported
These policies were widely supported in the country.
support and encourage sb/sth
Teachers should always support and encourage their students.

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2. show that sth is true/correct

ADVERB

strongly, weakly
The evidence strongly supports his claims.
adequately
The sample adequately supports this conclusion.
directly, indirectly
These results indirectly support the hypothesis.
partially
generally
Research has generally supported these predictions.
clearly
Our results clearly support this view.

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VERB + support

appear to, seem to, tend to

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PHRASES

be supported by data, be supported by evidence
His claim is not supported by any evidence.
be well supported
He said the figures were questionable and not well supported.

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3. give sb money

ADVERB

financially
generously
partially
This work was partially supported by the government.

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VERB + support

help (to)

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PREPOSITION

through
Her parents supported her all through college.

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Support is used with these nouns as the subject:
argument, beam, brace, column, conference, data, evidence, experiment, finding, habitat, institute, ministry, party, petition, pillar, report, research, resolution, result, sponsor, study, union, volunteer, voter

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Support is used with these nouns as the object:
accusation, allegation, amendment, amnesty, appeal, argument, assertion, assumption, back, ban, belief, bid, bill, boycott, campaign, candidate, case, cause, ceiling, charity, claim, conclusion, contention, creation, currency, cut, decision, democracy, development, diagnosis, dictatorship, disarmament, doctrine, draft, economy, effort, equality, establishment, event, existence, expansion, family, finding, force, format, government, graphics, habit, hypothesis, idea, ideal, ideology, impression, industrial action, industry, inference, initiative, interpretation, invasion, legislation, lifestyle, motion, move, movement, need, nomination, nominee, notion, objective, occupation, petition, plan, plea, point of view, policy, position, practice, prediction, program, project, proposal, proposition, rebel, rebellion, recommendation, reform, regime, relative, research, resolution, return, right, roof, scheme, slavery, study, submission, suggestion, supposition, system, team, terror, terrorism, theory, thesis, ticket, treaty, troops, use, view, viewpoint, weight, work

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