sustain

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
2. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
3. (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
4. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
5. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
6. To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
7. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
8. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

Noun

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

Opposite of

overrule

Synonyms

support

maintain

bear

🐻

endure

suffer

uphold

preserve

lean

hold up

prop up

continue

hold

nourish

keep

carry

back up

go on

prop

assist

help

proceed with

keep up

underpin

back

🔙

bolster

last

conserve

feed

tolerate

prolong

nurture

aid

put up with

second

2nd

keep on

confirm

foster

buttress

look after

shore up

sponsor

receive

persist

stand

incur

countenance

corroborate

have

accept

🉑

espouse

Translations

sostenere

sostener

soutenir

maintenir

sorreggere

steunen

schragen

aushalten

erleiden

stützen

continuer

unterstützen

ertragen

🐻

mantenere

unterhalten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈsteɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: susteinen

Cognate with French: soutenir

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).