backing

noun

back·ing ˈba-kiŋ How to pronounce backing (audio)

plural backings

: something forming a back

a tape with adhesive backing

: support, aid

financial backing

… sectarian or ethnic warlords battling for territory, with the backing of sponsors from neighboring countries.

Aparisim Ghosh

: the music that is played along with someone who is singing or playing the main tune : the music that accompanies the lead musician

… she plans to record the songs with the backing of an orchestra.

Cortney Harding

: endorsement especially of a warrant by a magistrate

Example Sentences

The tape has an adhesive backing. The project has received financial backing from several investors.

Recent Examples on the Web More:Tim Michels unleashed a one-two punch of massive money and Trump's backing to win.

Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022 Trump's backing has propelled his candidates to victory in top races in battleground states, too, boosting Democrats' optimism of winning the general election.

Susan Haigh, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 Hageman earned Trump's backing after Cheney, along with nine other GOP House members, voted to impeach him.

Isabella Murray, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2022 The film remained red where the backing was thinnest, shifting to blue in thicker sections.

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022 Lake, who has Trump's backing, has vociferously promoted falsehoods about the 2020 election, threatened to arrest election officials, trashed leading state Republicans and suggested her race might be rigged before votes are even counted.

Allan Smith, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Most recently, Dan Cox, a far-right wing Maryland state legislator with Trump's backing, won the Republican nomination for governor.

Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 Despite his loss of Trump's backing, Brooks rose in the polls from third place and made the cutoff for the runoff with Britt.

Fin Gómez, CBS News, 21 June 2022 Trump's backing helps in the GOP primary in the new 1st Congressional District that covers the northeast Valley and reaches into north-central Phoenix.

Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2022 See More

backing 1 of 2

noun

as in support

an act or instance of helping the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

support
assistance
assist
help
boost
aid
encouragement
lift
hand
advice
leg up
helping hand
guidance
service
promotion
abetment
forwarding
furthering
sponsorship
advancement
facilitation
attention
patronage
furtherance
mentoring
attendance
kindness
benefaction
counsel
nurturance
care
relief
favor
charity
hand-holding
beneficence
succor
philanthropy
assuagement
palliation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

interference
obstruction
restraint
inhibition
hindrance
constraint
frustration
repression
discouragement
deterrence

as in sponsorship

the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing

Synonyms & Similar Words

sponsorship
patronage
funding
financing
aegis
encouragement
assistance
auspice
bankrolling
subsidy
egis
endowment
aid
help
fosterage

backing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of back

as in endorsing

to promote the interests or cause of she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

endorsing
advocating
supporting
championing
embracing
adopting
helping
assisting
patronizing
indorsing
reinforcing
aiding
bolstering
saving
holding a brief for
sticking up for
buttressing
backstopping
going to bat for
going in for
plonking (for)
standing up for
plumping (for)
preaching
espousing
plunking (for)
forwarding
furthering
advancing
abetting
rescuing
boosting
seconding
reenforcing
plugging
bailing out
siding (with)
talking up
delivering
propping (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

opposing
interfering
thwarting
sabotaging
frustrating
baffling
failing
disappointing
foiling
deserting
letting down

as in assisting

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate

Synonyms & Similar Words

assisting
aiding
supporting
helping
reinforcing
backstopping
bolstering
endorsing
saving
promoting
guiding
abetting
encouraging
facilitating
sponsoring
bearing a hand
launching
championing
forwarding
advancing
furthering
comforting
buttressing
benefiting
fostering
sustaining
easing
serving
standing one in good stead
rescuing
attending
indorsing
propping (up)
advising
mentoring
patronizing
boosting
reenforcing
succoring
profiting
nurturing
favoring
counseling
benefitting
obliging
bailing out
heartening
emboldening
ministering (to)
delivering
counselling
caring (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

opposing
blocking
hindering
restraining
interfering
obstructing
impeding
inhibiting
hampering
balking
constraining
holding back
thwarting
barring
failing
strangling
handicapping
sabotaging
disappointing
deserting
baffling
discouraging
frustrating
foiling
letting down
damaging
retarding
inconveniencing
disheartening
hurting
harming
repressing
stifling
stunting
injuring
straitening

as in reinforcing

to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) the author needs to back her thesis with more facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

reinforcing
bolstering
supporting
proving
buttressing
corroborating
confirming
reenforcing
establishing
substantiating
verifying
validating
affirming
shoring (up)
avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

undermining
undercutting
weakening

单词	backing
释义	backing noun back·ing ˈba-kiŋ plural backings 1 : something forming a back a tape with adhesive backing 2 a : support, aid financial backing … sectarian or ethnic warlords battling for territory, with the backing of sponsors from neighboring countries. Aparisim Ghosh b : the music that is played along with someone who is singing or playing the main tune : the music that accompanies the lead musician … she plans to record the songs with the backing of an orchestra. Cortney Harding c : endorsement especially of a warrant by a magistrate Synonyms abetment aid assist assistance boost hand help helping hand leg up lift support See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The tape has an adhesive backing. The project has received financial backing from several investors. Recent Examples on the Web More:Tim Michels unleashed a one-two punch of massive money and Trump's backing to win. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022 Trump's backing has propelled his candidates to victory in top races in battleground states, too, boosting Democrats' optimism of winning the general election. Susan Haigh, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 Hageman earned Trump's backing after Cheney, along with nine other GOP House members, voted to impeach him. Isabella Murray, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2022 The film remained red where the backing was thinnest, shifting to blue in thicker sections. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022 Lake, who has Trump's backing, has vociferously promoted falsehoods about the 2020 election, threatened to arrest election officials, trashed leading state Republicans and suggested her race might be rigged before votes are even counted. Allan Smith, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Most recently, Dan Cox, a far-right wing Maryland state legislator with Trump's backing, won the Republican nomination for governor. Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 Despite his loss of Trump's backing, Brooks rose in the polls from third place and made the cutoff for the runoff with Britt. Fin Gómez, CBS News, 21 June 2022 Trump's backing helps in the GOP primary in the new 1st Congressional District that covers the northeast Valley and reaches into north-central Phoenix. Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1745, in the meaning defined at sense 2a Medical Definition backing noun back·ing ˈbak-iŋ : the metal portion of a dental crown, bridge, or similar structure to which a porcelain or plastic tooth facing is attached backing 1 of 2 noun 1 as in support an act or instance of helping the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance support assistance assist help boost aid encouragement lift hand advice leg up helping hand guidance service promotion abetment forwarding furthering sponsorship advancement facilitation attention patronage furtherance mentoring attendance kindness benefaction counsel nurturance care relief favor charity hand-holding beneficence succor philanthropy assuagement palliation Antonyms & Near Antonyms interference obstruction restraint inhibition hindrance constraint frustration repression discouragement deterrence See More 2 as in sponsorship the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing Synonyms & Similar Words sponsorship patronage funding financing aegis encouragement assistance auspice bankrolling subsidy egis endowment aid help fosterage backing 2 of 2 verb present participle of back 1 as in endorsing to promote the interests or cause of she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities Synonyms & Similar Words endorsing advocating supporting championing embracing adopting helping assisting patronizing indorsing reinforcing aiding bolstering saving holding a brief for sticking up for buttressing backstopping going to bat for going in for plonking (for) standing up for plumping (for) preaching espousing plunking (for) forwarding furthering advancing abetting rescuing boosting seconding reenforcing plugging bailing out siding (with) talking up delivering propping (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms opposing interfering thwarting sabotaging frustrating baffling failing disappointing foiling deserting letting down See More 2 as in assisting to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate Synonyms & Similar Words assisting aiding supporting helping reinforcing backstopping bolstering endorsing saving promoting guiding abetting encouraging facilitating sponsoring bearing a hand launching championing forwarding advancing furthering comforting buttressing benefiting fostering sustaining easing serving standing one in good stead rescuing attending indorsing propping (up) advising mentoring patronizing boosting reenforcing succoring profiting nurturing favoring counseling benefitting obliging bailing out heartening emboldening ministering (to) delivering counselling caring (for) Antonyms & Near Antonyms opposing blocking hindering restraining interfering obstructing impeding inhibiting hampering balking constraining holding back thwarting barring failing strangling handicapping sabotaging disappointing deserting baffling discouraging frustrating foiling letting down damaging retarding inconveniencing disheartening hurting harming repressing stifling stunting injuring straitening See More 3 as in reinforcing to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) the author needs to back her thesis with more facts Synonyms & Similar Words reinforcing bolstering supporting proving buttressing corroborating confirming reenforcing establishing substantiating verifying validating affirming shoring (up) avouching Antonyms & Near Antonyms undermining undercutting weakening
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