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Definition: Sustain |
SustainVerb1. Lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work". 2. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle". 3. Provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children". 4. Supply with necessities and support: "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep". 5. Be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?". 6. Admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion". 7. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sustain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: SustainSynonyms: affirm (v), confirm (v), corroborate (v), get (v), have (v), hold (v), hold up (v), keep (v), keep up (v), maintain (v), nourish (v), nurture (v), prolong (v), substantiate (v), suffer (v), support (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: negate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. |
Aid | Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster. |
Continuance in action | Sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve; a; harp upon; (repeat). |
Feeling | Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand. |
Preservation | Verb: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice;not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe; take care of; (care); guard; (defend). |
Strength | Render strong; Adjective: give strength; Noun: strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh; refect; reinforce, reenforce; (restore). |
Support | Support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage. |
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Screenplays | Your majesty, you sustain the objection (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby) The sustain, listen to it. (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean) Confronted with this incredible resourcefulness - this desperate desire to survive - we must wonder, why? What is the value, even for oneself, to sustain an existence that must ultimately end in death (The Hellstrom Chronicle; writing credit: David Seltzer) Then you know that shortly we can expect Zagon to commence and sustain an all-out attack (This Island Earth; writing credit: Raymond F. Jones; Franklin Coen) | |
Lyrics | Beg and cry sustain your life (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation) | |
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![]() | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Fish sustain a local fishing economy and contribute to the diversity of life on the reef. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). | ![]() | Operation Sustain Hope - C-17 Globemaster III departs Tirana, Albania. |
![]() | Harvesting sugarcane in south Florida, where scientists in the ARS Sugarcane Production Research Unit are identifying research to help sustain both agriculture and natural Everglades ecosystems. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | Is transferred to the Norwegian Navy following conversion from USS Sustain (MMC-2, formerly MSF-119), at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina. The transfer took place on 1 October 1959. The stern of Tyr's sister ship, Gor (converted from USS Strive, MMC-1, formerly MSF-117) is visible at the extreme right. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | The Freedman's Bureau! An agency to keep the Negro in idleness at the expense of the white man. Twice vetoed by the President, and made a lawy by Congress. Support Congress & you support the Negro Sustain the President & you protect the white man. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Rope and Hook" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Rope tight to a hook that helps to sustain the windmill roof. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)." |
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| A bell struck with a metallic beater and allowed to sustain. | A single distorted electric guitar note allowed to sustain. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | Water can both sustain and engulf a ship. |
Epictetus | All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. |
Henry David Thoreau | It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady. |
| The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. | |
Hosea Ballou | A religion which requires persecution to sustain it is of the devil's propagation. |
Schiller | Ever building to the clouds, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy, tottering column. |
St. Bernard | Nothing can work me damage, except myself. -- The harm that I sustain I carry about me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault. |
T. Binney | Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or transcending the resources of religion to relieve. |
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Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | Although, therefore, a mandamus may be directed to courts, yet to issue such a writ to an officer for the delivery of a paper, is in effect the same as to sustain an original action for that paper, and, therefore, seems not to belong to appellate, but to original jurisdiction. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I abhor the Psallants, I hate the Prayers, I execrate heretics, but I should detest still more whoever might sustain the contrary of what I have said |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them |
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Health | Some people recover completely, while others may sustain varying degrees of brain damage. (references) | |
Adult men also sustain fractures of the hip and vertebrae, although at a lower frequency than women. (references) | ||
To achieve cocaine abstinence long enough for patients to learn new life skills that will help sustain abstinence. (references) | ||
Business | Product innovation is vital for manufacturers to sustain competitiveness. (references) | |
Auto experts also say that the Chinese market is too diversified to sustain a single family car. (references) | ||
Another 20 aircraft to sustain the production line have extended the F-16 co-production program. (references) | ||
Children | Mongolia | While government facilities receive government funding, finances are inadequate and the Government uses foreign aid to help sustain the orphanages. (references) |
Economic History | Seychelles | They have no fresh water and can sustain human life only with difficulty. (references) |
Yemen | Only new discoveries, however, can sustain Yemen's output in the medium term. (references) | |
Political Economy | Palau | Traditional customs sustain a value system that discriminates between persons on the basis of social status and sex. (references) |
GREECE | Since Greece joined the Eurozone on January 1, 2001, it will have to undergo serious structural reform to sustain EMU convergence criteria. (references) | |
THE BAHAMAS | The Minimum Wage Bill, has been criticized as going against recent IMF advice for the GCOB to increase labor productivity and control wages in order to sustain future economic growth. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guyana | On March 19, citizens voted in a generally free and fair election to sustain the PPP/C in office, defeating the PNC. Incumbent Bharrat Jagdeo received his own mandate for a 5-year term as President. (references) |
Trade | Senegal | A common complaint from local companies and business contacts is the lack of financing to sustain the growth of the economy. (references) |
Costa Rica | Further consolidation is expected, as the size of the Costa Rican market is inadequate to sustain the number of banks that remain. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Dominican Republic | It only provides approximately one-third of the income necessary to sustain an average family. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions and adorns his life. Folly! although Erasmus praised thee once In a thick volume, and all authors known, If not thy glory yet thy power have shown, Deign to take homage from thy son who hunts Through all thy maze his brothers, fool and dunce, To mend their lives and to sustain his own, However feebly be his arrows thrown, Howe'er each hide the flying weapons blunts. All-Father Folly! be it mine to raise, With lusty lung, here on his western strand With all thine offspring thronged from every land, Thyself inspiring me, the song of praise. And if too weak, I'll hire, to help me bawl, Dick Watson Gilder, gravest of us all. Aramis Loto Frope |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | God helping me, I will not fail them, if they will but counsel and sustain me! |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In fact, if any large number of workers earn less than this amount, we will find it impossible to maintain the levels of purchasing power needed to sustain the stable prosperity which we desire. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Those strengths are available to sustain a President of either party-to support his progressive efforts both at home and overseas. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | To ensure that we do so I am setting a growth rate for defense that we can sustain over the long haul. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | On Wednesday, my request to sustain the freedom fighters will be submitted which reflects our mutual desire for peace, freedom, and democracy in Nicaragua. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Iraq's capacity to sustain war is being destroyed. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Middle class values sustain us. |
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| "Sustain" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 89.09% of the time. "Sustain" is used about 1,209 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 89.09% | 1,077 | 6,987 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.84% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.07% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,209 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sustain". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Oded | N/A | Biblical | To sustain |
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Expressions using "sustain": sustain a demand ♦ sustain a loss ♦ sustain an objection ♦ sustain growth. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "sustain": sustain-but. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sustain | 47 |
shimano sustain | 10 |
sustain pool chemical | 9 |
pool sustain | 5 |
casio pedal sustain | 4 |
ultra clear sustain | 3 |
chemical sustain | 3 |
sustain pedal | 3 |
frills no strategy sustain | 3 |
sustain erection | 3 |
pool product sustain | 3 |
educational initiate partnerships sustain | 3 |
pool supply sustain | 3 |
guitar sustain | 2 |
ultraclear sustain | 2 |
brain sustain | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sustain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ondersteun (abet, support). (various references) | |
Albanian | mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, wear, withhold), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, uphold), mbështes (lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, uphold). (various references) | |
Arabic | مثل ببراعة (underact), مدد (dilate, expand, extend, spin, stick out), قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, brace, cogent, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, tighten), قاسى (bear, endure, experience, suffer, undergo), قدم برهان, واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, keep, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth.), غذى (feed, nourish, nurse, nurture, stoke, supply, underfeed), تكبد (culminate, culmination, suffer, sufferance), تحمل (afford, bear, bear up, bearing, decamp, defray, endure, firmness, have smb. over, hold out, incur, last, lump it, mizzle, pocket, put up with, see, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach, suffer, support, tighten, tolerate, undergo), ساند (favor, favour, patronize, sponsor), عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, underpin), أيد (advocate, affirm, champion, countenance, favor, favour, further, go in for, look with favor on, look with favour on, plunk, reason, second, side, side with, stand for, stand up for, stick up, stick up for, subscribe, subserve, support, underpin, uphold, validate), أطاق (bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stomach, tolerate), بقي (abide, be, bide, continue, endure, exist, remain, reside, rest, sit, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, tarry). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | устоявам (keep), решавам в полза на, оставам в сила (stand), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), подпирам (atlas, back, prop up, shore, support, truss, underlay, underpin, uphold), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), изхранвам (feed, keep, nourish, subsist), изтърпявам (wear out), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, take, wear out, withstand). (various references) | |
Chinese | 遭受 (suffer), 蒙受 (suffer), 承受 (sustained, Sustaining, Withstand, Withstanding, Withstood), 攙 (assist by the arm, mix, support). (various references) | |
Czech | vydržovat (keep), vydržet (bear, endure, hold on, hold out, last, spin out, stand, stay, stick it out, stomach, take, tolerate, undergo, withstand), udržovat (conserve, keep, maintain), tvrdit (allege, allow, argue, assert, aver, claim, predicate, represent, submit, urge), pomáhat (aid, assist, support), podporovat (back, back up, encourage, Foster, further, hold up, patronize, promote, side, sponsor, support, uphold), podpírat (bear, carry, hold up, recline, support), nést (bear, carry, defray, earn, hold, support, yield). (various references) | |
Danish | støtte (lean, support). (various references) | |
Dutch | stutten (lean, support), steunen (abet, groan, lean, support), schragen (abet, lean, support). (various references) | |
Esperanto | subteni (abet, support), apogi (lean, support). (various references) | |
Faeroese | styðja (lean, support). (various references) | |
Farsi | متحمل شدن (Defray, Incur), نگهداشتن (Hold, Imprison, Prop, Restrain), حمایت کردن از (Assist, Espouse, Maintain, Uphold, Vindicate), تقویت کردن (Augment, Beef, Bolster, Corroborate, Edify, Encourage, Fort, Rally, Reinforce, Relay, Undergird, Uphold), تحمل کردن (Bear, Bide, Comport, Endure, Experience, Stomach, Suffer, Support, Tolerate, Undergo, Withstand). (various references) | |
Finnish | säilyttää (conserve, keep, maintain, preserve, retain, store), ylläpitää (keep up, maintain, support), tukea (give support, prop, strengthen, subsidize, support), pitää pystyssä (keep up, maintain), nojata (lean, recline, support). (various references) | |
French | maintenir (support), appuyer (support). (various references) | |
Frisian | steune (lean, support). (various references) | |
German | unterstützen (abet, aid, back, encourage, further, lean, maintain, patronize, promote, prop up, provide, second, speak for, sponsor, subsidize, support, to abet, to back, to facilitate, to relieve, to second, to stand by, to support, uphold), stützen (back, back up, base on, bolster, brace, carry, enforce, hold up, lean, pillow, precipitate, prop up, reinforce, shore, shore up, support, to base on, to support, to sustain, underpin, uphold), aushalten (abide, bear, born, borne, carry out, endure, hold on, hold out, perseverance, persevere, persist, put up with, sit trough, stand, suffer, survive, take, to endure, to hold out, to sustain, withstand). (various references) | |
Greek | συντηρώ (conserve, fend for oneself, keep, maintain, preserve, support), υποστηρίζω (assert, back, back up, befriend, bolster, contend, countenance, maintain, patronize, predicate, prop, second, shore, sponsor, stand by, stand up for, submit, support, underpin, uphold). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לתמוך (advocate, back, brace, buttress, champion, maintain, stand by, stay, support, take sides), לקים (affirm, attest, conform, fulfill, keep, maintain), לכלכל (contain, feed, maintain, manage, nourish, provide for), להתנסות ב-, להזין (feed, nourish), להחזיק מעמד (bear up, endure, hold ones ground, hold one's own, hold out, keep up, last out, stand, stand for, stick it out, weather), להאריך (draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, spin out), לנחול תבוסה (come off second best, suffer a reverse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | segít (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, help, lean, minister, relieve, succor, succour, support, to aid, to assist, to avail, to back up, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support), tart (bore, borne, continue, endure, head for, hold, keep, keep on, last, make for, tend, to bear, to check, to cultivate, to hold out, to keep back, to keep off, to make for, to regard, to support, to sustain, trend, uphold), támogatás (advocacy, aid, assistance, backing, countenance, encouragement, espousal, favor, help, lean, promotion, protection, sponsorship, subservience, subserviency, subsidization, support), támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bear up, befriend, bolster, champion, espouse, Favor, favour, Foster, further, help, hold up, lean, maintain, promote, provide support, reinforce, side, stand for, stick by, subsidize, support, to advocate, to aid, to assist, to back up, to bolster up, to come out for sy, to espouse, to faster, to favor, to flank, to foster, to further, to give countenance to sy, to hold up, to patronize, to second, to side with sy, to subserve, to subsidize, to succour, to support, to thicken, upbear, uphold), kibír (bear, bore, borne, stick it out, to bear, to do with, to stomach, to sustain), elvisel (abide, bear, bore, borne, endure, stood, suffer, to abide, to bear, to comport, to endure, to stand, to stomach, to support, to take it, to tolerate, tolerate, undergo). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menumpu (become concentrated), menopang (buffer, buttress, underlay, underset, upbear, uphold). (various references) | |
Italian | sostenere (abet, assert, back, bear, bolster, brace, buoy, claim, hold up, incur, insist, keep up, lean, maintain, meet, play, plump, stake, stand, stand up to, state, stay, support, take, uphold, withstand), poggiare (abet, base oneself, lean, perch, rest, support), appoggiare (abet, countenance, forward, lay, lean, patronise, patronize, prop, rely, rest, stand, support). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 蹴込む (to kick in, to sustain a loss), 蒙る (to receive, to suffer, to sustain), 傷を負う (to be injured, to sustain a wound), 保つ (to be durable, to endure, to hold, to keep, to keep well, to last, to maintain, to preserve, to retain, to support, to sustain, to wear well). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たもつ (to be durable, to endure, to hold, to keep, to keep well, to last, to maintain, to preserve, to retain, to support, to sustain, to wear well), きずをおう (to be injured, to sustain a wound), こうむる (to receive, to suffer, to sustain), けこむ (to kick in, to sustain a loss). (various references) | |
Korean | 지탱하십시요. (various references) | |
Manx | ymmyrkey (appearance, attitude, bear, behave, behaviour, birth, carry, carrying, comportment, conduction, convey, conveyance, endure, gestation, give birth, haulage, supply; conductance, support, tide, transport, yield), cummal seose (maintain, maintenance, preserve, support). (various references) | |
Papiamen | stet (lean, support), sostené (lean, support), respaldá (lean, support), apoyá (encourage, lean, support). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustainsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amparar (abet, defend, patronize, protect, shield, support). (various references) | |
Romanian | suporta (abide, bear, bear with, digest, endure, forbear, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support), îndura (abide, bear, carry out, endure, experience, forbear, indurate, put up with, stick, suffer, support, undergo). (various references) | |
Russian | выдерживать (bear, endure, get through, last, live, pass, stand up under, support), нести;понести;поддерживать, поддерживать (atlas, back, back up, bear out, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, underpin, upbear, uphold). (various references) | |
Scottish | beathaich (maintain). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pretrpeti (suffer, take, undergo), podržati (advocate, back, back up, second, support, uphold), održati (keep, keep up, maintain, preserve, stand). (various references) | |
Spanish | sostener (abet, absorb, bear, bear up, carry, carry through, hold, hold up, keep up, live, maintain, meet, support, uphold, wear). (various references) | |
Swedish | uppehålla (be detained, delay, detain, discharge, keep, keep up, maintain, reside, sojourn, stall, stay, support). (various references) | |
Thai | สนับสนุน (back, behind, bolster, buoy up, favor, favour, for, further, lend to, second, side), รักษาไว้ (keep about, keep around, keep at), ประสบ (live). (various references) | |
Turkish | sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, pursue, remain, support, uphold, wage), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), cesaret vermek (boost up smb.'s courage, buck smb. up, embolden, encourage, exhort, nerve, strengthen smb.'s hand, support), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, underpin, uphold), devam ettirmek (carry on, extend, keep, keep smth. going, keep the ball rolling, keep up, uphold, wage), doğrulamak (affirm, attest, avouch, bear out, certify, confirm, correct, corroborate, hold with, homologate, justify, predicate, substantiate, support, testify, verify, vouch), finanse etmek (finance, financier, sponsor), güç vermek (Energize, support, vitalize), geçindirmek (feed, find, keep up, maintain, set up, subsist, support), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), iyi oynamak, uğramak (call at, call on, call upon, come by, come over, come round, drop around, drop in, drop in on, experience, fall into, incur, look up, meet, put in an appearance, receive, run against, run in, stop by, stop in, touch at, undergo, visit), katlanmak (abide, accept, bear, Brook, crease, digest, do with, double, endure, face, face up to, go through, grin and bear it, last out, lump, lump it, put up with, sit down under, stand, stand the racket, stick, stick it, stick out, stomach, suffer, sweat out, take, take it, take one's medicine, tolerate, undergo), maruz kalmak (be exposed, be liable to, be subject of, catch, experience, fall into, incur), notayı uzatmak, onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), para sağlamak (accommodate smb. with money, finance, pump money into, support), taşımak (bear, bear away, carry, carry away, convey, haul, put across, relocate, remove, ride, run, stanchion, tote, transport, waft, walk, wash, wear), hakkını vererek yapmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зазнавати (experience, suffer, undergo), підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підпирати (back, brace, buttress, chock, prop, shore, skid, stake, stanchion, strut, underlay, underpin, underset). (various references) | |
Welsh | cynnal (hold, maintain, support, uphold). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiutus, adiuva, adiuvabant, adiuvabat, adiuvabit, adiuvabunt, adiuvandum, adiuvante, adiuvantem, adiuvantes, adiuvantibus, adiuvare, adiuvarent, adiuvaret, adiuvasti, adiuvat, adiuvate, adiuvatur, adiuvavi, adiuvent, adiuverunt, adiuves, adiuvet, adiuvetis, adiuvi, adiuvisset, adiuvit, adiuvitque, alo, alo (alui altum), sustenta, sustentas, sustento, sustine, sustineam, sustineant, sustineas, sustinebant, sustinebat, sustinebimus, sustinebis, sustinebit, sustinebitis, sustinebo, sustinebunt, sustinemus, sustinens, sustinent, sustinentes, sustinentiae, sustinentiam, sustinentibus, sustineo, sustinere, sustineretis, sustines, sustinet, sustinete, sustinetis, sustinuerant, sustinuere, sustinuerint, sustinuerit, sustinuero, sustinuerunt, sustinui, sustinuimus, sustinuissem, sustinuisset, sustinuisti, sustinuistis, sustinuit, tolero. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | sustenir. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 18, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Qumon androV praunei qerapwn fronimoV oligoyucon de andra tiV upoisei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Spiritus viri sustentat inbecillitatem suam spiritum vero ad irascendum facilem quis poterit sustinere |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The spirit of the man susteneth his feblenesse; the spirit forsothe liyt to wrathen, who shal moun sustene? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 18, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang espiritu sa usa ka tawo maoy modasig sa iyang kaluya; Apan sa usa ka masulub-on nga espiritu kinsa ang makaantus? |
| Chinese | 人 有 疾 病 、 心 能 忍 耐 . 心 靈 憂 傷 、 誰 能 承 當 呢 。 |
| Croatian | Kad je èovjek bolestan, njegov ga duh podiže, a ubijen duh tko æe podiæi? |
| Danish | Mands Mod udholder Sygdom, men hvo kan bære en sønderbrudt Ånd? |
| Dutch | De geest eens mans zal zijn krankheid ondersteunen; maar een verslagen geest, wie zal dien opheffen? |
| Finnish | Miehekäs mieli pitää sairaankin pystyssä, mutta kuka voi kantaa murtunutta mieltä? |
| French | L`esprit de l`homme le soutient dans la maladie; Mais l`esprit abattu, qui le relèvera? |
| German | Wer ein fröhlich Herz hat, der weiß sich in seinem Leiden zu halten; wenn aber der Mut liegt, wer kann's tragen? |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè yon moun anvi viv, sa ede l' anpil lè li malad. Men, si li dekouraje, ki moun ki ka remoute kouraj li? |
| Hungarian | A férfiú lelke elviseli a maga erõtlenségét; de a megtört lelket ki viseli el? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Oleh kemauan untuk hidup, orang dapat menanggung penderitaan; hilang kemauan itu, hilang juga segala harapan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa keberanian membantu orang dalam menanggung sengsara, tetapi hati yang murung siapa gerangan dapat menghiburkan dia? |
| Italian | Lo spirito dell'uomo lo sostiene nella malattia, ma uno spirito afflitto chi lo solleverà? |
| Maori | ¶ E whakamanawanui te wairua o te tangata ki tona mate; tena ko te wairua maru, ko wai e kaha ki tera? |
| Norwegian | En manns mot kan holde ham oppe i hans sykdom; men et nedslått mot - hvem kan bære det? |
| Portuguese | O espírito do homem o sustentará na sua enfermidade; mas ao espírito abatido quem o levantará? |
| Rumanian | Duhul omului kl sprijinewte la boalq; dar duhul doborkt de kntristare, cine -l va ridica? - |
| Russian | дХИ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ РЕТЕОПУЙФ ЕЗП ОЕНПЭЙ; Б РПТБЦЕООЩК ДХИ--ЛФП НПЦЕФ РПДЛТЕРЙФШ ЕЗП? |
| Spanish | El ánimo del hombre soportará su enfermedad; pero, ¿quién soportará al espíritu abatido? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sustain": sustainabilities, sustainability, sustainable, sustained, sustainedly, sustainer, sustainers, sustaining, sustains. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sustain": unsustainable. (additional references) | |
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"Sustain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bustanil, sextain, siswati, substain, Suetin, sustaim, sustaine, susteain, systran, tustain. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sustain" (pronounced sustā"n) |
| 4 | -s t ā" n | abstain, stain. |
| 3 | -t ā" n | ascertain, attain, butane, contain, detain, entertain, maintain, obtain, pertain, retain. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: issuant. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: saints, satins, stains, suints. | |
-2 letters: antis, aunts, nisus, sains, saint, sasin, satin, satis, sinus, situs, snits, stain, stuns, suint, suits, tains, tunas, unais, units. | |
-3 letters: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, anus, aunt, nits, nuts, sain, sans, sati, sins, sits, snit, stun, suit, suns, tain, tans, tass, taus, tins, tuis, tuna, tuns, unai, unit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: fustians, puissant, sinuates, stunsail, sustains, tsunamis. | |
+2 letters: antirusts, humanists, insulants, insulates, insurants, lutanists, naturisms, naturists, pantsuits, saturnism, simulants, stunsails, sudations, supinates, sustained, sustainer, uneasiest, urbanists. | |
+3 letters: amiantuses, antiserums, assaulting, assumption, austenites, causations, custodians, dianthuses, discussant, disputants, encaustics, enthusiasm, enthusiast, faultiness, gustations, impuissant, insinuates, insulators, isobutanes, jauntiness, nautiluses, outgassing, outpassing, pulsations, quaintness, rainspouts, saturniids, saturnisms, sensualist, sensuality, signatures, situations, stimulants, sublations, substation, succinates, suctorians, summations, supinators, suppliants, sustainers, sustaining, unassisted, unsafeties, unsteadies. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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