supporter

«supporter» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who likes and cheers for a sports team — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a supporter, supporters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A supporter is a person who likes and cheers for a sports team. tree →

2) A supporter is a person who agrees with and helps an idea, a person, a charity or a political party. tree →

3) A supporter can also be something that holds something up, like an athletic support. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday UK, Irish and Australian life: «I'm a Liverpool supporter» (US: «fan»). In politics lessons, candidates have supporters who vote and campaign. Charities thank their supporters.

examples

• He's been an Arsenal supporter since he was five. tree →
• The supporters sang all through the match. tree →
• She is a big supporter of animal charities. tree →
• The candidate thanked her supporters. tree →
• The away supporters cheered loudly. tree →
• Supporters raised money for the new hospital. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: support. «Supporter» is a little more formal than «fan».

In the corpora

• Supporters say it restored order, critics say it cut freedoms; views are strongly divided.
• To concede is to accept that you lost; it shows supporters the election was fair and lets power pass peacefully to the winner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «supporter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.