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sustain
[ suh-steyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
Synonyms:
- to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
- to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
Synonyms:
- to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
- to keep up or keep going, as an action or process:
to sustain a conversation.
Synonyms:
- to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
- to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
- to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
- to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it:
The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
- to confirm or corroborate, as a statement:
Further investigation sustained my suspicions.
sustain
/ səˈsteɪn; səˈsteɪnɪdlɪ /
verb
- to hold up under; withstand
to sustain great provocation
- to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer
to sustain a broken arm
- to maintain or prolong
to sustain a discussion
- to support physically from below
- to provide for or give support to, esp by supplying necessities
to sustain one's family
to sustain a charity
- to keep up the vitality or courage of
- to uphold or affirm the justice or validity of
to sustain a decision
- to establish the truth of; confirm
noun
- music the prolongation of a note, by playing technique or electronics
Derived Forms
- ܲˈٲԱ, adjective
- sustainedly, adverb
- ܲˈٲԳԳ, noun
- ܲˈٲԾԲ, adjective
- ܲˈٲԾԲly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ٲ·· adjective
- ܲ·ٲ·Բ· adverb
- ܲ·ٲ·Գ noun
- ԴDz·ܲ·ٲ·Բ adjective
- ܲ·ܲ·ٲ·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sustain1
Example Sentences
The Dodgers have the oldest group of position players in the majors, and the sustained success means extra weeks on the schedule every year.
He said Arenas sustained no major injuries in the single-car accident.
Would we know if a suspicious cluster of human cases, that could represent the first sustained human-to-human transmission of the disease, were happening?
But Tuesday’s comments are the clearest signal to date that the company is likely to sustain substantial losses from the devastating wildfire.
The audience is starting to blame Trump for failing to fulfill the QAnon prophecies that sustain them.
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When To Use
are other ways to say sustain?
To sustain a claim or an idea is to uphold it as valid, just or correct. How does sustain differ from the synonyms maintain, support, or uphold? Find out on .
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