adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 a supporting actor in a play or film/movie has an important part but not the leading one:
The movie featured Robert Lindsay in a supporting role.
2 (written) helping to show that sth is true:
There was a wealth of supporting evidence.
3 carrying the weight of sth:
a supporting wall
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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