sustained
Meaning of sustained
verb
- To maintain, or keep in existence.
The city came under sustained attack by enemy forces.
- To provide for or nourish.
provisions to sustain an army
- To encourage or sanction (something).
- To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
The building sustained major damage in the earthquake.
- To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
A foundation sustains the superstructure; an animal sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- Held continuously at a certain level.
- Held at a certain pitch.
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Hyphenation of sustained
sus-tained
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- sustained is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with sustained
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