definition of the word sustain

• IPA: /səˈsteɪn/, SAMPA: /s@"steIn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -eɪn

From Old French sustenir (French: soutenir), from Latin sustenire.

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sustain (plural sustains)

1. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the left pedal on a piano.

to sustain (third-person singular simple present sustains, present participle sustaining, simple past and past participle sustained)

1. (transitive) To maintain (something), or keep it in existence.
2. (transitive) To provide for or nourish (something).
3. (transitive) To encourage (something).
4. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
5. (transitive) To confirm, prove or corroborate (something).

• sustainable
• sustainedly

• sustenance

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