Pronunciations (6)
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/səˈpɔɹtɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/səˈpɔːtɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪv/
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/səˈpoətɪv/
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səˈpɔɹtɪv
Pronunciation notes
- US
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səˈpɔːtɪv
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adjective
Providing support.
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I had a very supportive coach who helped me.
More examples (1)
But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.
Adjective
furnishing support or assistance
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a supportive family network
his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer