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Developing and Support

developing

noun

  • Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.
    • usage: "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

verb

  • Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
    • usage: "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
  • Work out.
    • usage: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • Gain through experience.
    • usage: "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
  • Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. )
    • usage: "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
  • Come into existence; take on form or shape.
    • usage: "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
  • Change the use of and make available or usable.
    • usage: "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
  • Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
    • usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • Create by training and teaching.
    • usage: "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
  • Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
    • usage: "The plot developed slowly";
  • Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
    • usage: "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
  • Become technologically advanced.
    • usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
  • Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
    • usage: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
  • Generate gradually.
    • usage: "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  • Grow emotionally or mature.
    • usage: "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
  • Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
    • usage: "Please develop this roll of film for me"
  • Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
  • Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
    • usage: "Spassky developed quickly"
  • Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
    • usage: "develop the rook"
  • Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
    • usage: "develop the melody and change the key"
  • Happen.
    • usage: "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
  • Expand in the form of a series.
    • usage: "Develop the function in the following form"

adjective

  • Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply.
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Develop.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
support

noun

  • The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities.
    • usage: "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"
  • Aiding the cause or policy or interests of.
    • usage: "the president no longer has the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support"
  • Something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest.
    • usage: "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans"
  • A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission.
    • usage: "they called for artillery support"
  • Documentary validation.
    • usage: "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"
  • The financial means whereby one lives.
    • usage: "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
  • Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation.
    • usage: "the statue stood on a marble support"
  • The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening.
    • usage: "he leaned against the wall for support"
  • A musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts.
  • Any device that bears the weight of another thing.
    • usage: "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
  • Financial resources provided to make some project possible.
    • usage: "the foundation provided support for the experiment"

verb

  • Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
    • usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
  • Support materially or financially.
    • usage: "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
  • Be behind; approve of.
    • usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
    • usage: "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror"
  • Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
    • usage: "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • Adopt as a belief.
    • usage: "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
    • usage: "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • Argue or speak in defense of.
    • usage: "She supported the motion to strike"
  • Play a subordinate role to (another performer. )
    • usage: "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
  • Be a regular customer or client of.
    • usage: "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
  • Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
    • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Support is a bond engineered to counterbalance or uphold Planned Amortization Class, Targeted Amortization Class or other superior bonds in a deal. Also, referred to as a Companion Bond.

(DoD) The action of a force that aids, protects, complements, or sustains another force in accordance with a directive requiring such action.
(DoD) An element of a command that assists, protects, or supplies other forces in combat. See also close support; direct support; general support; interdepartmental or agency support; international logistic support; inter-Service support; mutual support.
(DoD) A unit that helps another unit in battle.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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