sustain

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /səˈsteɪn/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /səˈstæɪn/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH0 S T EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (French soutenir), from Latin sustineō, sustinēre (“to uphold”), from sub- (“from below, up”) + teneō (“hold”, verb).

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَبْقَى (ʔabqā) — to maintain something
• Bulgarian: поддържам (poddǎržam) — to maintain something
• Bulgarian: потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) — to maintain something
• Catalan: sostenir — to maintain something
• Chinese Mandarin: 维持 (wéichí) — to maintain something
• Czech: udržovat — to maintain something
• Danish: vedholde — to maintain something
• Dutch: in stand houden — to maintain something
• Estonian: alal hoidma — to maintain something
• Finnish: pitää yllä — to maintain something
• Finnish: ylläpitää — to maintain something
• French: maintenir — to maintain something
• Galician: soster — to maintain something
• German: unterhalten — to maintain something
• German: aufrechterhalten — to maintain something
• German: beibehalten — to maintain something
• Greek: συντηρώ (syntiró) — to maintain something
• Hungarian: fenntart — to maintain something
• Icelandic: halda við — to maintain something
• Irish: iompair — to maintain something
• Italian: sostenere — to maintain something
• Latin: sustineō — to maintain something
• Macedonian: о́држи (ódrži) — to maintain something
• Macedonian: за́чува (záčuva) — to maintain something
• Māori: ukauka — to maintain something
• Norwegian Bokmål: opprettholde — to maintain something
• Polish: podtrzymać — to maintain something
• Portuguese: suster — to maintain something
• Russian: подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ) — to maintain something
• Russian: содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) — to maintain something
• Sanskrit: यच्छति (yacchati) — to maintain something
• Spanish: sostener — to maintain something
• Spanish: sustentar — to maintain something
• Swedish: vidhålla — to maintain something
• Turkish: sürdürmek — to maintain something
• Turkish: muhafaza etmek — to maintain something
• Welsh: cynnal — to maintain something
• Zazaki: ravêrnen — to maintain something
• Arabic: عَالَ (ʕāla) — to provide for or nourish something
• Arabic: يَعُولُ (yaʕūlu) — to provide for or nourish something
• Bulgarian: издържам (izdǎržam) — to provide for or nourish something
• Chinese Mandarin: 供养 — to provide for or nourish something
• Danish: forsørge — to provide for or nourish something
• Danish: underholde — to provide for or nourish something
• Dutch: onderhouden — to provide for or nourish something
• Finnish: huoltaa — to provide for or nourish something
• Finnish: ruokkia — to provide for or nourish something
• Finnish: ravita — to provide for or nourish something
• Finnish: pitää yllä — to provide for or nourish something
• Finnish: ylläpitää — to provide for or nourish something
• French: subvenir — to provide for or nourish something
• German: versorgen — to provide for or nourish something
• German: unterhalten — to provide for or nourish something
• Irish: cothaigh — to provide for or nourish something
• Macedonian: и́здржи (ízdrži) — to provide for or nourish something
• Polish: podtrzymać — to provide for or nourish something
• Polish: utrzymywać — to provide for or nourish something
• Portuguese: sustentar — to provide for or nourish something
• Russian: содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) — to provide for or nourish something
• Russian: обеспе́чивать (obespéčivatʹ) — to provide for or nourish something
• Sanskrit: यच्छति (yacchati) — to provide for or nourish something
• Spanish: sostener — to provide for or nourish something
• Spanish: sustentar — to provide for or nourish something
• Spanish: sostener — to encourage or sanction
• Spanish: sustentar — to encourage or sanction
• German: zuziehen — to experience or suffer
• German: zugefügt werden — to experience or suffer
• German: erleiden — to experience or suffer
• Norwegian: pådra seg — to experience or suffer
• German: stützen — to confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold
• German: aufrechterhalten — to confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold
• German: stattgeben — law: to allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid
• Hungarian: helyt ad — law: to allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid
• German: stützen — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• German: tragen — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• German: aufrechterhalten — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• German: halten — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• Old English: beran — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• Spanish: sostener — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• Spanish: sustentar — to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support
• German: Kraft geben — to aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate
• German: unterstützen — to aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate