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adjective
- 1. continuing for an extended period or without interruption: "several years of sustained economic growth"
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The meaning of SUSTAINED is maintained at length without interruption or weakening : lasting, prolonged. How to use sustained in a sentence.
continuing for a long time: The president's speech was greeted by sustained applause. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. continuing for a large amount of time. long He's been gone a long time. prolonged She returned to work after a prolonged illness.
to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time: The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year. He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women. US The judge sustained (= accepted) the lawyer's objection. C2. to keep alive:
The word sustain is both handy and hardy. Its use has been sustained since the days of Middle English (its ultimate source is Latin sus-, meaning "up," plus tenēre, meaning "to hold") by its utility across a variety of consequential subjects, from environmental protections to legal proceedings to medical reports.
Something that's sustained is held or maintained for a long time, keeping its strength or level consistent and unbroken. A singer's sustained note goes on and on, and a judge's sustained ruling continues to be upheld.
Definition of sustained adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
9 meanings: 1. to hold up under; withstand 2. to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer 3. to maintain or prolong 4. to support.... Click for more definitions.
Sustained definition: kept in process or continued over time; continuous. See examples of SUSTAINED used in a sentence.
SUSTAINED definition: continuing for a period of time without getting weaker: . Learn more.
Sustain means to support something or keep it going. If you get hungry in the mid-afternoon, you might try snacking to sustain your energy through dinner. Beams and rafters sustain a roof — they keep it up. If you sustain a conversation over the course of hours, you keep it going during that time. If you sustain an injury, it means you are injured.
