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5 PHRASE If something is in short supply , there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain. □ Food is in short supply all over the country. SYNONYMS supply VERB 1

provide:The government was not in a position to provide them with food.

equip:They did not possess the modern guns to equip the army properly.

furnish:They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.

sup|ply line (supply lines ) N‑COUNT A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war. □ The bombing campaign appears aimed at cutting the supply lines between Germany and its army in occupied France.

sup|ply teach|er (supply teachers ) N‑COUNT A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there. [BRIT ] in AM, use substitute teacher

sup|port ◆◆◆ /səpɔː ^r t/ (supports , supporting , supported )

1 VERB If you support someone or their ideas or aims, you agree with them, and perhaps help them because you want them to succeed. □ [V n] The vice president insisted that he supported the hard-working people of New York. □ [V n] They pressed the party to support a total ban on pesticides. ● N‑UNCOUNT Support is also a noun. □ The Prime Minister gave his full support to the government's reforms.

2 N‑UNCOUNT If you give support to someone during a difficult or unhappy time, you are kind to them and help them. □ We campaign for the rights of sufferers and provide support for the patient and family.

3 N‑UNCOUNT Financial support is money provided to enable an organization to continue. This money is usually provided by the government. □ …the government's proposal to cut agricultural support by only about 15%.

4 VERB If you support someone, you provide them with money or the things that they need. □ [V n] I have children to support, money to be earned, and a home to be maintained. □ [V pron-refl] She sold everything she'd ever bought in order to support herself through art school.

5 VERB If a fact supports a statement or a theory, it helps to show that it is true or correct. □ [V n] The Freudian theory about daughters falling in love with their father has little evidence to support it. ● N‑UNCOUNT Support is also a noun. □ [+ for ] He offers no factual support for these assertions.

6 VERB If something supports an object, it is underneath the object and holding it up. □ [V n] …the thick wooden posts that supported the ceiling.

7 N‑COUNT A support is a bar or other object that supports something.

8 VERB If you support yourself , you prevent yourself from falling by holding onto something or by leaning on something. □ [V pron-refl] He supported himself by means of a nearby post. ● N‑UNCOUNT Support is also a noun. □ Alice, very pale, was leaning against him as if for support.

9 VERB If you support a sports team, you always want them to win and perhaps go regularly to their games. □ [V n] Tim, 17, supports Manchester United.

10 → see also supporting USAGE support

Don’t use ‘support’ to say that someone accepts pain or an unpleasant situation. Say that they bear it or put up with it. If you do not like something at all, don’t say that you ‘ can’t support ’ it. Say that you can’t bear it or can’t stand it. □ He can't bear the pain. COLLOCATIONS support NOUN