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sustained

sus·tain
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-steyn]
    • /səˈsteɪn/
    • /səˈsteɪnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-steyn]
    • /səˈsteɪn/

Definitions of sustained word

  • verb with object sustained to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure. 1
  • verb with object sustained to bear (a burden, charge, etc.). 1
  • verb with object sustained to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding. 1
  • verb with object sustained to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction. 1
  • verb with object sustained to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation. 1
  • verb with object sustained to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life. 1

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Origin of sustained

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 Sustained

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sustained 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

sustained usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sustained

adj sustained

  • chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
  • diffusive — tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
  • forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
  • helped — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.

verb sustained

  • afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
  • encountered — Simple past tense and past participle of encounter.
  • fueled — Simple past tense and past participle of fuel.
  • goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • hefted — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.

adjective sustained

  • continued — continuing; not having stopped
  • longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
  • maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
  • yearlong — lasting for a year.

Antonyms for sustained

adj sustained

  • altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.

verb sustained

  • attacked — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
  • caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
  • desexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of desexualize.
  • inactivated — Simple past tense and past participle of inactivate.
  • larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.

adjective sustained

  • ending — An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
  • interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.

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