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sup·por·tive

 (sə-pôr′tĭv)
adj.
Furnishing support or assistance.

sup·por′tive·ly adv.
sup·por′tive·ness n.
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supportive

(səˈpɔːtɪv)
adj
providing support, esp moral or emotional support
supˈportively adv
supˈportiveness n
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"
unsupportive - not furnishing support or assistance
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supportive

adjective helpful, caring, encouraging, understanding, reassuring, sympathetic They were always supportive of each other.
Related words
prefix pro-
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supportive

adjective
Giving or able to give help or support:
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Translations

supportive

[səˈpɔːtɪv] ADJ [role] → de apoyo
a supportive roleun papel de apoyo
I have a very supportive familytengo una familia que me apoya mucho
to be supportive: her boss was very supportive and gave her time off worksu jefe la apoyó mucho y le dio unos días libres
to be supportive of sbapoyar a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

supportive

[səˈpɔːrtɪv] adj [role] → de soutien
to be supportive → être d'un grand soutien
My family were very supportive → Ma famille m'a été d'un très grand soutien.
to be supportive of sb → être solidaire de qn
The players are very supportive of each other → Les joueurs sont très solidaires entre eux.
to be supportive of sth → être en faveur de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

supportive

adjstützend attr; (fig)unterstützend attr; if his parents had been more supportivewenn seine Eltern ihn mehr unterstützt hätten; try to be more supportive (of her/me)du solltest versuchen, sie/mich mehr zu unterstützen; to be supportive of somebody/somethingjdn/etw unterstützen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

supportive

[səˈpɔːtɪv] adj
a. (person) to be very supportive (towards sb)dare il proprio appoggio (a qn); (emotionally) → essere di grande conforto (per qn)
I have a supportive family/husband → la mia famiglia/mio marito mi appoggia
b. (gesture, effort) → di aiuto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

supportive

adj que apoya
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Prolonged-exposure therapy--a standard treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults--worked better than supportive counseling did to help adolescent girls to recover from sexual abuse, based on the results of a randomized trial comparing 3 months of weekly exposure therapy in 31 girls to supportive counseling in 30 others.
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Developed to use the benefits of social media and online networking, its aim is to build a supportive creative community.
When asked whether the Welsh Government should be given new powers to ensure that long-demanded work on the North Wales stretch of the network was not delayed, she said: "I think the Welsh Government would be very focused on making improvements if it were to have that kind of control and so, given we're developing a genuine devolution agenda as well as trying to deal with the problems of the inter-city lines, then, yes, my instincts are very supportive of that."
For LGB and straight youth alike, living in a supportive community resulted in lower rates of alcohol use and fewer sexual partners, although climate was more strongly associated with behavior for LGB than for straight youth.

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