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# sustained

«sustained» in Mova's school dictionary: **kept going for a long time without stopping: sustained…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sustained); verb, past form of "sustain" (sustain, sustains, sustained, sustaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sustained means kept going for a long time without stopping: sustained effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#m1)

2) (formal) To have sustained an injury is to have been hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#m2)

3) (formal) To sustain something is to keep it alive or going, or to hold up its weight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In formal news and reports: "He sustained minor injuries". In science, food sustains life. In schoolwork, sustained effort or sustained writing. Phrases: sustained an injury, sustained effort, sustained attack.

### examples

- She sustained a broken arm in the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x1)
- The players sustained minor injuries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x2)
- The class showed sustained effort all term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x3)
- Food and water sustained them on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x4)
- The rain was heavy and sustained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x5)
- The bridge sustained no damage in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x6)
- We did ten minutes of sustained silent reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x7)
- Sustained wind of 100 km/h blew down the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x8)
- The flower in its color of flame seemed to receive its nourishment from the water, as a lamp is sustained by oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/#x9)

### note

Formal register; everyday: kept up, got hurt. Noun: sustainability, sustainable (able to last without harming the planet). Regular verb.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sustained» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sustained/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.