supported

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈpɔɹtɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈpɔːtɪd/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪd/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /səˈpoətɪd/

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• Hyphenation: sup‧port‧ed

supported (comparative more supported, superlative most supported)

1. Held in position, especially from below.
2. Furnished with corroborating evidence.
   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 81:

     At first his mother treated his theories as the wild ravings of inexperience. But they were so systematically arranged, and his arguments so well supported, that though still in appearance incredulous, she began to fear him.

3. Helped or aided.
4. Having supporters.

• unsupported

supported

1. simple past and past participle of support