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supportings

supportings is the plural of supporting.

Meaning of supporting

Noun

supporting (plural supportings)

  1. That which supports something else; a support.
    • But supposing that heaven had a Lord, then all included in its overspreadings and supportings, throughout the myriad of states, and within the four seas, would invariably be under the government of Heaven's Lord […]1847, Walter Henry Medhurst, A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese, page 252

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Questions about supportings

What is supportings the plural of?
Supportings is the plural of supporting.

Words near supportings in the dictionary

  1. supporting actor
  2. supporting actors
  3. supporting actress
  4. supporting actresses
  5. supportingly
  6. supportings
  7. supportive
  8. supportively
  9. supportiveness
  10. supportless
  11. supportlessly

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