Support vs Present - What's the difference?
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Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
Financial or other help.
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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.
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(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).
(senseid)To keep from falling.
To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.
To help, particularly financially.
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
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To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
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To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Relating to now, for the time being; current.
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(obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
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(obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
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(dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
(obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
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A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
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, title= (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
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(reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
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To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
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To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
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To put on, stage (a play etc.).
(military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
(reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
(medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
(medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
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To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
Support is a related term of present.
As nouns the difference between support and present
is that support is something which supports often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to while present is present tense.As a verb support
is (senseid)to keep from falling.As an adjective present is
present (that what''/''which is in the place talked about ).support
English
Noun
(en noun)- Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
- The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
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- Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support ?
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- The first mention of wavelets appeared in an appendix to the thesis of A. Haar (1909). One property of the Haar wavelet is that it has compact support, which means that it vanishes outside of a finite interval. Unfortunately, Haar wavelets are not continuously differentiable which somewhat limits their applications.
- If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
Antonyms
* (mathematics) kernelDerived terms
* moral support * combat support (military) * support groupVerb
(en verb)- Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
- Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
- I support France in the World Cup
- The government supports the arts in several ways.
- The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
- The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
- to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
- I don't make decisions: I just support those who do.
- I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization
- This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support .
- 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 support the character of King Lear
Antonyms
* opposeDerived terms
* supportable * supported * supportiveStatistics
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English
Alternative forms
* (archaic or pedantic) *Etymology 1
(wikipedia present) From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) praesent-, praesens present participle of .Adjective
(-)- The barbaric practice continues to the present day.
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- Amongst this number of cordials and alteratives I do not find a more present remedy than a cup of wine or strong drink, if it be soberly and opportunely used.
- a present pardon
- An ambassadordesires a present audience.
- a present wit
- to find a god so present to my prayer
Antonyms
* (in vicinity) absentDerived terms
* all present and correct * at present * at the present time * present company excepted * presently * present participle * present tenseDerived terms
* no time like the present * present-dayEtymology 2
From (etyl) presenten'', from (etyl) ''presenter'', from (etyl) ''presentare'' "to show", from (etyl) ''praesent-, praesens'' present participle of ''praeesse "to be in front of".Noun
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Verb
(en verb)- to present an envoy to the king
- In the diocese of Gloucester in 1548 two inhabitants of Slimbridge were presented for saying that holy oil was ‘of no virtue but meet to grease sheep’.
- Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord.
- So ladies in romance assist their knight, / Present the spear, and arm him for the fight.
- I do begin to realize that the matter must be presented in such a way as may interest the reader.
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- The theater is proud to present the Fearless Fliers.
- Well, one idea does present itself.
- The patient presented with insomnia.
- Anne Robinson presents "The Weakest Link".
- She was presented with an honorary degree for her services to entertainment.
- My last, least offering, I present thee now.
- I presented my compliments to Lady Featherstoneshaw.