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  • 1Sustained — Sus*tained , a. Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2sustained — index chronic, constant, continual (connected), continuous, durable, habitual, incessant, lasting …

    Law dictionary

  • 3sustained by — index dependent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 4sustained — sustain sus‧tain [səˈsteɪn] verb [transitive] 1. if a company sustains losses or other difficulties, it has them: • Like other insurance companies, we have sustained heavy losses. • The record industry sustained a sales slump in the first half …

    Financial and business terms

  • 5sustained — adjective something that is sustained continues for a long time: Paula owes her success to sustained hard work. | sustained economic development …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6Sustained — Sustain Sus*tain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sustained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sustaining}.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus (see {Sub …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7sustained — sus|tained [səˈsteınd] adj [only before noun] continuing for a long time ▪ a period of sustained economic development ▪ a sustained attack on the government …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8sustained — sus|tained [ sə steınd ] adjective continuing at the same level or rate for a long time: sustained economic development a sustained attack …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9sustained — UK [səˈsteɪnd] / US adjective continuing at the same level or rate for a long time sustained economic development a sustained attack …

    English dictionary

  • 10sustained — adj. Sustained is used with these nouns: ↑applause, ↑assault, ↑attack, ↑attention, ↑campaign, ↑decline, ↑effort, ↑expansion, ↑flight, ↑improvement, ↑period, ↑ …

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