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support
Verb
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To keep something up; to be a base for something.
The four legs are supporting the table.
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To give someone food and other things the person needs.
She has money, so she can support her children.
support
Noun
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Support is something that keeps something up.
The posts in the house help support the roof.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
family
Noun
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A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation.
My parents and my two brothers are my family.
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A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language.
The Indo-European language family is a family of languages that is spoken by 3 billion people.