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- pronunciation:
- s
steIn
- features:
- Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
sustains, sustaining, sustained |
definition 1: |
to provide with the basic necessities of life.
They don't earn enough money from these jobs to sustain themselves and their families.- synonyms:
- support
- similar words:
- care for, foster, maintain, nourish, nurse, provide for, take care of, tend
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definition 2: |
to keep (something) going or existing.
This part of the desert is too hot to sustain human life.There is just enough money to sustain the youth program for another year.- synonyms:
- maintain
- similar words:
- carry, continue, nourish, preserve, prolong
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related words: |
assist, back, comfort, console, defend, demonstrate, endorse, feed, fortify, keep, mind, prove, secure, see, stand, undergo, uphold |
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derivations: |
sustainable (adj.), sustainingly (adv.), sustainment (n.) |
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