supportive

sup·por·tive

 (sə-pôr′tĭv)

adj.

Furnishing support or assistance.

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sup·por′tive·ly adv.

sup·por′tive·ness n.

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supportive

(səˈpɔːtɪv)

adj

providing support, esp moral or emotional support

supˈportively adv

supˈportiveness n

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer" positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" unsupportive - not furnishing support or assistance

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supportive

adjective helpful, caring, encouraging, understanding, reassuring, sympathetic They were always supportive of each other.

Related words
prefix pro-

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supportive

adjective

Giving or able to give help or support:

accessory, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, subsidiary.

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Translations

supportive

[səˈpɔːtɪv] ADJ [role] → de apoyo
a supportive role → un papel de apoyo
I have a very supportive family → tengo una familia que me apoya mucho
to be supportive: her boss was very supportive and gave her time off work → su jefe la apoyó mucho y le dio unos días libres
to be supportive of sb → apoyar a algn

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supportive

[səˈpɔː^rtɪv] adj [role] → de soutien
to be supportive → être d'un grand soutien
My family were very supportive → Ma famille m'a été d'un très grand soutien.
to be supportive of sb → être solidaire de qn
The players are very supportive of each other → Les joueurs sont très solidaires entre eux.
to be supportive of sth → être en faveur de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

supportive

adj → stützend attr; (fig) → unterstützend attr; if his parents had been more supportive → wenn seine Eltern ihn mehr unterstützt hätten; try to be more supportive (of her/me) → du solltest versuchen, sie/mich mehr zu unterstützen; to be supportive of somebody/something → jdn/etw unterstützen

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supportive

[səˈpɔːtɪv] adj

a. (person) to be very supportive (towards sb) → dare il proprio appoggio (a qn); (emotionally) → essere di grande conforto (per qn)
I have a supportive family/husband → la mia famiglia/mio marito mi appoggia

b. (gesture, effort) → di aiuto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

supportive

adj que apoya

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