sustain
To maintain, or keep in existence.
Example
“The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures.”
Other meanings
To provide for or nourish.
“provisions to sustain an army”
To encourage or sanction (something). en
Related words
- sustainability
- sustainer
- sustainment
- sustainwash
- sustainwashing
- self-sustaining
- sustaining program
- sustainable
- sustainedly
- sustaining
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "sustineō" (sustineō, sustinēre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sustain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.