sustain

IPA: sʌstˈeɪn

noun

  • (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.

verb

  • (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
  • (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
  • (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
  • (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
  • (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
  • (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
  • To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
  • To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
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Examples of "sustain" in Sentences

  • It sustains the needs of the monastery.
  • Not all natural resources are sustainable.
  • Food is a prime aspect for sustaining lives.
  • Food sustains animals, including human's lives.
  • Is lack of sustainability unendurable for the earth
  • It has proven to be self sustaining and transmissible.
  • But the works of the Capuchins were not sustained in Nepal.
  • The ecosystem is sustainable whereas the anthroposystem is not.
  • But there are lineaments of sustained conflict in the apparent chaos.
  • Rigdon was sustained to the position by the membership of the church.

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