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- [suh-steyn]
- /səˈsteɪn/
- /səˈsteɪn/
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- [suh-steyn]
- /səˈsteɪn/
Definitions of sustain word
- verb with object sustain to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure. 1
- verb with object sustain to bear (a burden, charge, etc.). 1
- verb with object sustain to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding. 1
- verb with object sustain to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction. 1
- verb with object sustain to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation. 1
- verb with object sustain to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life. 1
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Origin of sustain
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English suste(i)nen < Anglo-French sustenir, Old French < Latin sustinēre to uphold, equivalent to sus- sus- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold
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Parts of speech for Sustain
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sustain popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sustain usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sustain
verb sustain
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- activize — to make active
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- afford — If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
adv sustain
- advantageously — providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- effectually — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
adj sustain
- dependent — To be dependent on something or someone means to need them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
adjective sustain
- abased — (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
adverb sustain
- gainfully — In a gainful manner; profitably.
Antonyms for sustain
verb sustain
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- beaned — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beaning — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
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