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supportive

/səˈpɔːtɪv/suh-PAWR-tiv
/səˈpɔɹtɪv/suh-PAWR-tiv

Meaningtending to support

Common meaning: tending to support (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Frenchsupporter‘to support’source
  2. Middle Englishsupportensource
  3. Englishsupport‘to hold up’
  4. Englishformed in English from supportsupportive‘tending to support (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: tending to support. It can be inferred from any of: support.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from support + -ive (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • supporter French · source word “to carry”

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