Dutch English Dictionary

Nederlands, Vlaams - English

steun in English:

1. backing


I want you to know that you have my backing if you decide to run for mayor.
A backing is a layer of something such as cloth that is put onto the back of something in order to strengthen or protect it.
He has the backing of a certain politician.
Yesterday, when Tom was backing up his car, he ran over Mary's bicycle.
a backing singers
His economical backing is secure.
You are backing yourself into a bad emotional corner.
The widespread application of administrative guidance is considered to be a uniquely Japanese practice in which bureaucrats exert authority, without any legal backing, telling the private sector what to do and what not to do.
Without your backing, we won't...
Recent polls show that our party needs every backing possible.
Ania Karwan also sang backing vocals for Maryla Rodowicz. The backing of a popular song is the music which is sung or played to accompany the main tune
She flew to London to raise some financial backing for the project.
The invention was a good idea but the bank refused to give Henry any backing, so he had to give up.
If I get on with the project, can I count on your backing?
What happened to your nose? "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"

English word "steun"(backing) occurs in sets:

Living Forever (Ilse)

2. support


Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
support group
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.
Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
The Bank of Japan is considered to have conducted a support buying of an estimated $1 billion on the Tokyo foreign exchange market.
In order to prevent a further drop of the Japanese currency, the Bank of Japan intervened in the market to support it at around 150 yen to the dollar.
In conclusion, Ahn, it very much falls to you and me to set the tone for the work environment. I will do my bit to defuse the present climate and crack on with the job at hand. I hope I can rely on your support for this.
It seems as if dishonorable, labyrinthine, deliberately confusing economic policies have earned more support from the president than every physical and mental disability combined.
There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.
Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.
I totally understand why you say that. It’s frightening how many people our world has to support.
On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.
You need to earn about $1000 a month to support a family in this country. The government in this country has a lot of support from the population.