sustain
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sēs
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teÉĒn
tein
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sustain"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bear the weight or provide physical support for something
Transitive: to sustain weight of something
to sustain definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Proper footwear is essential to sustain the feet during long hours of standing or walking.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make something last or continue over a long period without stopping or weakening
Transitive: to sustain an activity or condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager implemented strategies to sustain high productivity in the office.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž

to suffer or undergo something irritating, especially an injury, disease, etc.
Transitive: to sustain an injury or loss
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sustained a mild illness that kept her in bed for a few days.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to preserve or continue something over time
Transitive: to sustain sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The community garden was sustained through donations and volunteer efforts.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to provide the necessary nourishment or resources needed for survival or well-being
Transitive: to sustain sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The military base was equipped with enough supplies to sustain the soldiers for months.
āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϘāĻžāρāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to accept or acknowledge something as legitimate, true, or worthy of consideration
Transitive: to sustain a claim or motion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The council sustained the proposal after reviewing all the facts.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to support an opinion, argument, theory, etc. or to prove it's credibility
Transitive: to sustain an argument or theory
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The research findings sustain the hypothesis that exercise improves mental health.
āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

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