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støtte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • countenance noun A person's face or facial expression, especially as it reveals their mood.
  • cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  • encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
  • endorse verb To publicly declare support or approval for a person, product, or idea.
  • endorsement noun A public statement of approval or support, especially from a well-known person or organisation.
  • promotion noun A move to a higher rank, job, or position.
  • reinforcement noun The act of making something stronger, or the material used to strengthen it.
  • second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
  • support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.

Senses

støtte is used for these senses in English:

  • countenance (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
  • cover (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
  • encourage To foster, give help or patronage.
  • endorsement The act or quality of endorsing
  • promotion Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
  • second One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
  • second One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
  • second (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)

countenance — full definition

  1. noun A person's face or facial expression, especially as it reveals their mood.
  2. verb To approve of, tolerate, or support something.

cover — full definition

  1. verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  2. verb To deal with, include, or report on a topic or event.
  3. verb To be enough money to pay for something.
  4. noun The front or back of a book, magazine, or similar publication.
  5. noun A new recording or performance of a song originally released by another artist.

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