sustain
Meaning
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- To maintain, or keep in existence.
- To provide for or nourish.
- To encourage or sanction (something).
- To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- 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.
Synonyms
proceed with
support life
treat well
keep alive
innovate
be afflicted with
keep well
plunk for
remain firm
sieze
supply with food
wear well
be durable
maintain one’s status
remain unchanged
prolong for a while
strong enough
give means of subsistence
back guy
give an incentive
stay bearing
be sustained
bolster up
drag one’s feet
drag one’s heels
persist in
Translations
sostener
soutenir
aushalten
schragenFrequency
Hyphenated as
sus‧tain
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈsteɪn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (French soutenir), from Latin sustineō, sustinēre (“to uphold”), from sub- (“from below, up”) + teneō (“hold”, verb).
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