1. A supplementary or auxiliary method used to assist, reinforce, or facilitate a primary process, technique, or objective
The research team employed a supporting method to validate their primary hypothesis.
A equipe de pesquisa utilizou um método de apoio para validar sua hipótese principal.
2. In software development, a helper function or procedure that provides assistance to main functions
The developer created a supporting method to handle data validation.
O desenvolvedor criou um método de apoio para lidar com a validação de dados.