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   Supporting

   /səˈpôrdiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. bearing all or part of the weight of something: "supporting structures for the elevated roads will be brought to site by huge trailers"
   • 2. serving to corroborate something: "he offered no supporting evidence for this opinion"
   • 3. (of an actor or role) important in a play or film but of lesser importance than the leading parts: "his performance is excellent but he is more than matched by the supporting cast"

   Derivatives

   • 1. supportingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   • U

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   • P

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   • P

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   • O

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   • R

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   • T

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   • I

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   • N

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   • G

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