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DIRECT SUPPORT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does direct support mean?

• DIRECT SUPPORT (noun)
The noun DIRECT SUPPORT has 1 sense:

1. a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance

Familiarity information: DIRECT SUPPORT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIRECT SUPPORT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("direct support" is a kind of...):

military mission; mission (an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters)

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