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sustain
[ suh-steyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
Synonyms:
- to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
- to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
Synonyms:
- to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
- to keep up or keep going, as an action or process:
to sustain a conversation.
Synonyms:
- to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
- to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
- to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
- to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it:
The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
- to confirm or corroborate, as a statement:
Further investigation sustained my suspicions.
sustain
/ səˈsteɪn; səˈsteɪnɪdlɪ /
verb
- to hold up under; withstand
to sustain great provocation
- to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer
to sustain a broken arm
- to maintain or prolong
to sustain a discussion
- to support physically from below
- to provide for or give support to, esp by supplying necessities
to sustain one's family
to sustain a charity
- to keep up the vitality or courage of
- to uphold or affirm the justice or validity of
to sustain a decision
- to establish the truth of; confirm
noun
- music the prolongation of a note, by playing technique or electronics
Derived Forms
- ܲˈٲԱ, adjective
- sustainedly, adverb
- ܲˈٲԳԳ, noun
- ܲˈٲԾԲ, adjective
- ܲˈٲԾԲly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ·ٲ·· adjective
- ܲ·ٲ·Բ· adverb
- ܲ·ٲ·Գ noun
- ԴDz·ܲ·ٲ·Բ adjective
- ܲ·ܲ·ٲ·Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sustain1
Example Sentences
The little boy sustained severe injuries in an assault that left him blind and brain damaged.
In the desert outpost of Amboy, along Route 66 about 210 miles east of Los Angeles, a small team of workers sustains California’s most iconic nonfunctional lodging: Roy’s Motel and Cafe.
"This was not a case of the baby blues but a far more sustained period of depression which impacted on you physically and mentally."
And then recall the calling card of the Labour Party at the general election last year and its "mission" to deliver sustained economic growth.
But to convince companies to move supply chains back to America, economists say tariffs would have to be sustained at high levels over a long period of time — not dropped.
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What are other ways to say sustain?
To sustain a claim or an idea is to uphold it as valid, just or correct. How does sustain differ from the synonyms maintain, support, or uphold? Find out on .
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