Word a Day
sustain
What does sustain mean?
sustain (verb): to maintain, or keep in existence.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use sustain in a sentence?
- The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce sustain?
/səˈsteɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sustain come from?
From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (French soutenir).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to sustain
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “sustain”?
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What does “sustain” mean?
make a mark or lines on a surface
Not quite: that's what draw means.
to fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc
Not quite: that's what miss means.
to maintain, or keep in existence
Right! That's what “sustain” means.
have as a part, be made up out of
Not quite: that's what include means.
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