supportive

[ suh-pawr-tiv, -pohr- ]
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adjective
  1. giving support.

  2. providing sympathy or encouragement: His family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer.

  1. providing additional help, information, etc.; auxiliary: manufacturers of supportive materials.

  2. Medicine/Medical. helping to maintain a normal physiological balance, as by the intravenous administration of required nutriment.

Origin of supportive

1
First recorded in 1585–95; support + -ive

Other words from supportive

  • sup·port·ive·ness, noun
  • non·sup·port·ive, adjective
  • un·sup·port·ive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for supportive

supportive

/ (səˈpɔːtɪv) /


adjective
  1. providing support, esp moral or emotional support

Derived forms of supportive

  • supportively, adverb
  • supportiveness, noun

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