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- pronunciation:
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steIn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
sustains, sustaining, sustained |
| definition 1: |
to supply with necessary food, water, and other basic things for life.
They were lucky to have enough to sustain themselves through the winter.
- synonyms:
- support
- similar words:
- care for, maintain, nurse, provide for, take care of
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| definition 2: |
to keep (something) going.
This part of the desert is too hot to sustain human life.There is enough money to sustain the youth program for another year.
- similar words:
- carry, continue, preserve
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| related words: |
assist, comfort, endorse, feed, prove |
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| derivations: |
sustainable (adj.), sustainingly (adv.), sustainment (n.) |
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