How to spell support

hear itsup·port/sə'poʊrt/verbSilent and tricky

What it means: To hold up or carry the weight of something.

In a sentence: The strong branches support the little bird's nest.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p. Often misspelled as suport or suppourt.

Same family: supports, supporter, supporters, supportive, supported. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Support” comes from Old French *suport* and Latin *supportare*, meaning “to carry from below.” The original idea was literally “to carry or hold up,” which later grew into the modern sense of giving financial or moral help.

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