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C1. showing agreement and giving encouragement: groups who are generally supportive of the government. approving. giving help and encouragement: Children with supportive parents often do better at school than those without. He told me it was my own fault, which wasn't very supportive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you are supportive, you are kind and helpful to someone at a difficult or unhappy time in their life.
1. : to endure bravely or quietly : bear. 2. a (1) : to promote the interests or cause of. (2) : to uphold or defend as valid or right : advocate. supports fair play. (3) : to argue or vote for. supported the motion to lower taxes. b (1) : assist, help. bombers supported the ground troops. (2) : to act with (a star actor) (3)
Supportive definition: giving support. . See examples of SUPPORTIVE used in a sentence.
To be supportive is to give help or assistance, or to hold something or someone up. If your parents are supportive of your dreams to become a chef, they might enroll you in cooking classes. Supportive is a snuggly word.
showing agreement and giving encouragement: groups who are generally supportive of the government. approving. giving help and encouragement: Children with supportive parents often do better at school than those without. He told me it was my own fault, which wasn't very supportive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
/səˈpɔːrtɪv/ encouraging somebody or giving them help or sympathy. a supportive family. She was very supportive during my father's illness. a mutually supportive relationship. He was strongly supportive of my career. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
