Definitions for sustain

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sustain sus·tain

Spelling: [suh-steyn]

IPA: /səˈsteɪn/

Sustain is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in sustain (ainsstu).

Definitions for sustain

verb (used with object)

1. to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
2. to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
3. to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
4. to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
5. to keep up or keep going, as an action or process:
6. to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
7. to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
8. to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
9. to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it:
10. to confirm or corroborate, as a statement:

Origin of sustain

1250-1300; Middle English suste(i)nen Anglo-French sustenir, Old French Latin sustinēre to uphold, equivalent to sus- sus- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold

Examples for sustain

But fluctuations of mere feet during its flood season could sustain the rise of empires, or hasten their fall.

Moreover, any truly effective coordination would be politically controversial, logistically problematic, and hard to sustain.

God helping me, I will not fail them, if they will but counsel and sustain me!

Do you assist me, comfort me, sustain me in dreadful situation?

Gotleib contended that Arledge could sustain the reduction required.

A winning team may pack the stadium, but you need that packed stadium to get top recruits and sustain victories.

The voice which calls upon us to sustain them is the voice of God.

Duhozanye has the land and the need, but lacks the $300,000 it will cost to build and sustain.

How long can they sustain this momentum without falling victim to the same pitfalls as nearly every other long-running series?

You have summoned me in my weakness; you must sustain me by your strength.