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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
supportive
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a supportive relationship
▪ People lacking supportive relationships were expected to be prone to depression.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ We're busy getting our cat together so we can be as supportive as we possibly can.
▪ Not all employers were as supportive as the ones we have just described.
more
▪ A seat slightly wider at the front is generally more supportive and can alleviate the pain.
▪ But there were calls for a shift to a more supportive role for industry from more sympathetic ministers.
▪ More open, more supportive, and more accountable mechanisms are now proposed.
▪ First, the executives begin to experience each other as more supportive and constructive.
▪ Those seats are more supportive than before and offer good height adjustment.
most
▪ The opportunity to work with enthusiastic teachers from different school situations was indeed most supportive.
▪ Fragmentation is the process most supportive of the concept of sovereign, independent statehood which is central to realist analysis.
▪ Discover for yourself why thousands of satisfied customers say that Adjustamatic is the most comfortable, most supportive bed in the world.
mutually
▪ A sense of loss of mutually supportive family relationships.
▪ Thus, the three methods may be viewed as mutually supportive and mutually consistent.
▪ It is essential that relationships between education and clinical staff are mutually supportive.
▪ The findings may be regarded as mutually supportive.
▪ She thought more highly of herself and in later years was successful in establishing a mutually supportive and caring marital relationship.
▪ Unfortunately, they have not always been mutually supportive.
very
▪ They're a very supportive family and they're helping each other through this tragedy at the moment.
▪ Over time, she has become very supportive.
▪ The community here has always been very supportive of what we do on the base.
▪ Tucson is a city that's very supportive of cycling in general, and El Tour in particular.
▪ On the other hand, partners can be very supportive in labour, especially if they've attended classes.
▪ Ironically, the industry has been very supportive of Weld, showering him with campaign contributions.
▪ They could not cope even with very enhanced staffing levels and very supportive community care services.
▪ The team is very supportive of each other.
■ NOUN
care
▪ They receive symptomatic and supportive care rather than specific treatment.
▪ In the supportive care group supportive drugs resulted in an initial improvement of the quality of life.
▪ The reduction was due to more severe symptoms with longer hospital stay in the supportive care group.
environment
▪ Good advisors will act as counselors and create a warm, supportive environment for clients to talk freely.
▪ For the subordinates, the quintessential managerial role was to create a supportive environment within which they could prosper professionally and personally.
family
▪ They're a very supportive family and they're helping each other through this tragedy at the moment.
▪ Did his supportive family have to withstand the same uncertainty?
▪ A sense of loss of mutually supportive family relationships.
▪ However, if there is a supportive family member who can give positive reinforcement, this person can give the drug.
▪ He came from a good, supportive family and had never been in trouble before.
▪ Confide in and ask for help from supportive family or friends.
relationship
▪ People lacking supportive relationships were expected to be prone to depression whether or not they experienced major difficulties or threatening events.
▪ But they were not as alone as they imagined: we return to supportive relationships in Chapter 8.
▪ It is necessary to understand how the principle of supportive relationships would affect an organisation structure.
▪ Secondly, the therapist must be aware of the patient's coping resources and supportive relationships.
role
▪ The principles of mutual aid are that members should be involved in a reciprocal supportive role.
▪ The news media serve a generally supportive role in most political systems.
▪ But there were calls for a shift to a more supportive role for industry from more sympathetic ministers.
▪ The supportive role of other drugs was mentioned by a number of the sample.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I can always count on Gail to be supportive when things go wrong.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Incidently, we often hear from clients that their good friends are supportive of their efforts.
▪ It relies on foster homes to provide rescued pets a supportive place to recover until good owners can be found.
▪ Peter was a very successful academic with an enormous salary, a lovely family and supportive wife.
▪ The institutions and banks had been immensely supportive in helping save the company.
▪ The researchers concluded that the supportive atmosphere of the extended family had been sufficient to counterbalance the effects of the questionable diets.
▪ They were very supportive and enthusiastic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
supportive

1590s, from support (v.) + -ive. Called "rare" in OED 1st edition and Century Dictionary. Related: Supportively; supportiveness.

Wiktionary
supportive

a. Providing support.

WordNet
supportive

adj. furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer" [ant: unsupportive]

Usage examples of "supportive".

Until she had Areyn placed in the crib and all the supportive equipment connected she spoke no unnecessary word.

This lack of supportive insight from a concerned and experienced meditator is for many people part of the solitary nature of their inner journey.

The Centrists and the Crown Loyalists, the two parties which have always been most supportive of the Crown, have fought the entire war despite the endless obstructionism of the Opposition, all of whom predicted that any war with Haven could end only in disaster.

She flashed a quick glance at Andi to see if she was being supportive.

The Bahamian government and the medical community on the island have been very supportive of our relocation.

Agents, therefore, are required to move swiftly, leaving vapor trails deliberately designed to appear harmlessly flakey to Behind-Time Species, while at the same time instructive to and supportive of A-Head-Time Futiques.

She kicked the walls, trying for a sense of space, and hit a control of some sort: The floor of the footwell rose until it was flat and supportive beneath her feet.

Although Foua and Nao Kao would have preferred to take Lia back to their apartment, it was decided that she should be transferred to MCMC for supportive care.

I continued doing political events for Al Gore and the Democrats, including two with gay activists who were strongly supportive of both Al and me because of the substantial number of openly gay and lesbian citizens serving in the administration, and because of our strong support of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act and the hate crimes bill, which made crimes committed against people because of their race, disability, or sexual orientation a federal offense.

So the nurses on Eight Cook were continuing to be very supportive of Kelly.

Without the supportive structure, the irregular child stays up, which creates tension.

Not knowing what to say, Amanda simply put a supportive hand on her arm.

The plant had no roots but had supportive structures like holdfasts, which maintained the shape of the whole organism and the coherence of the skeleton too.

A supportive, nonevaluative friend lowers our blood pressure during stressful tasks.

White supremacists should try claiming that burning crosses is more supportive of civil rights than not burning them.