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support is on the Basic English 850 List.

sun - support - surprise

support is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

supply - support - suppose

Plain form
support

Third-person singular
supports

Past tense
supported

Past participle
supported

Present participle
supporting

To keep something up; to be a base for something.
The four legs are supporting the table.
To give someone food and other things the person needs.
She has money, so she can support her children.

Support is something that keeps something up.
The posts in the house help support the roof.

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