Englishfor English speakers
B1
sustain English
Meaning sustain meaning
What does sustain mean?
Definitions in simple English
sustain
sustain
Synonyms sustain synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as sustain?
sustain English » English
Topics sustain topics
What do people use sustain to talk about?
-
What words refer to keeping someone alive?
-
What words refer to approving of something?
-
What words refer to preserving something from decay?
-
What words refer to continuing to do something?
-
What words refer to being injured?
Conjugation sustain conjugation
How do you conjugate sustain?
sustain · verb
Present I sustain
Positive I sustain
Singular
1st person I sustain
2nd person you sustain
3rd person he/she/it sustains
Plural
1st person we sustain
2nd person you sustain
3rd person they sustain
Negative I don't sustain
Singular
1st person I don't sustain I do not sustain
2nd person you don't sustain you do not sustain
3rd person he/she/it doesn't sustain he/she/it does not sustain
Plural
1st person we don't sustain we do not sustain
2nd person you don't sustain you do not sustain
3rd person they don't sustain they do not sustain
Question do I sustain?
Singular
1st person do I sustain?
2nd person do you sustain?
3rd person does he/she/it sustain?
Plural
1st person do we sustain?
2nd person do you sustain?
3rd person do they sustain?
Negative question don't I sustain?
Singular
1st person don't I sustain? do I not sustain?
2nd person don't you sustain? do you not sustain?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it sustain? does he/she/it not sustain?
Plural
1st person don't we sustain? do we not sustain?
2nd person don't you sustain? do you not sustain?
3rd person don't they sustain? do they not sustain?
Past I sustained
Positive I sustained
Singular
1st person I sustained
2nd person you sustained
3rd person he/she/it sustained
Plural
1st person we sustained
2nd person you sustained
3rd person they sustained
Negative I didn't sustain
Singular
1st person I didn't sustain I did not sustain
2nd person you didn't sustain you did not sustain
3rd person he/she/it didn't sustain he/she/it did not sustain
Plural
1st person we didn't sustain we did not sustain
2nd person you didn't sustain you did not sustain
3rd person they didn't sustain they did not sustain
Question did I sustain?
Singular
1st person did I sustain?
2nd person did you sustain?
3rd person did he/she/it sustain?
Plural
1st person did we sustain?
2nd person did you sustain?
3rd person did they sustain?
Negative question didn't I sustain?
Singular
1st person didn't I sustain? did I not sustain?
2nd person didn't you sustain? did you not sustain?
3rd person didn't he/she/it sustain? did he/she/it not sustain?
Plural
1st person didn't we sustain? did we not sustain?
2nd person didn't you sustain? did you not sustain?
3rd person didn't they sustain? did they not sustain?
Future I'll sustain
Positive I'll sustain
Singular
1st person I'll sustain I will sustain
2nd person you'll sustain you will sustain
3rd person he/she/it'll sustain he/she/it will sustain
Plural
1st person we'll sustain we will sustain
2nd person you'll sustain you will sustain
3rd person they'll sustain they will sustain
Negative I won't sustain
Singular
1st person I won't sustain I will not sustain
2nd person you won't sustain you will not sustain
3rd person he/she/it won't sustain he/she/it will not sustain
Plural
1st person we won't sustain we will not sustain
2nd person you won't sustain you will not sustain
3rd person they won't sustain they will not sustain
Question will I sustain?
Singular
1st person will I sustain?
2nd person will you sustain?
3rd person will he/she/it sustain?
Plural
1st person will we sustain?
2nd person will you sustain?
3rd person will they sustain?
Negative question won't I sustain?
Singular
1st person won't I sustain? will I not sustain?
2nd person won't you sustain? will you not sustain?
3rd person won't he/she/it sustain? will he/she/it not sustain?
Plural
1st person won't we sustain? will we not sustain?
2nd person won't you sustain? will you not sustain?
3rd person won't they sustain? will they not sustain?
Conditional I'd sustain
Positive I'd sustain
Singular
1st person I'd sustain I would sustain
2nd person you'd sustain you would sustain
3rd person he/she/it'd sustain he/she/it would sustain
Plural
1st person we'd sustain we would sustain
2nd person you'd sustain you would sustain
3rd person they'd sustain they would sustain
Negative I wouldn't sustain
Singular
1st person I wouldn't sustain I would not sustain
2nd person you wouldn't sustain you would not sustain
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't sustain he/she/it would not sustain
Plural
1st person we wouldn't sustain we would not sustain
2nd person you wouldn't sustain you would not sustain
3rd person they wouldn't sustain they would not sustain
Question would I sustain?
Singular
1st person would I sustain?
2nd person would you sustain?
3rd person would he/she/it sustain?
Plural
1st person would we sustain?
2nd person would you sustain?
3rd person would they sustain?
Negative question wouldn't I sustain?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I sustain? would I not sustain?
2nd person wouldn't you sustain? would you not sustain?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it sustain? would he/she/it not sustain?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we sustain? would we not sustain?
2nd person wouldn't you sustain? would you not sustain?
3rd person wouldn't they sustain? would they not sustain?
Present continuous I'm sustaining
Positive I'm sustaining
Singular
1st person I'm sustaining I am sustaining
2nd person you're sustaining you are sustaining
3rd person he/she/it's sustaining he/she/it is sustaining
Plural
1st person we're sustaining we are sustaining
2nd person you're sustaining you are sustaining
3rd person they're sustaining they are sustaining
Negative I'm not sustaining
Singular
1st person I'm not sustaining I am not sustaining
2nd person you aren't sustaining you're not sustaining you are not sustaining
3rd person he/she/it isn't sustaining he/she/it's not sustaining he/she/it is not sustaining
Plural
1st person we aren't sustaining we're not sustaining we are not sustaining
2nd person you aren't sustaining you're not sustaining you are not sustaining
3rd person they aren't sustaining they're not sustaining they are not sustaining
Question am I sustaining?
Singular
1st person am I sustaining?
2nd person are you sustaining?
3rd person is he/she/it sustaining?
Plural
1st person are we sustaining?
2nd person are you sustaining?
3rd person are they sustaining?
Negative question aren't I sustaining?
Singular
1st person aren't I sustaining? am I not sustaining?
2nd person aren't you sustaining? are you not sustaining?
3rd person isn't he/she/it sustaining? is he/she/it not sustaining?
Plural
1st person aren't we sustaining? are we not sustaining?
2nd person aren't you sustaining? are you not sustaining?
3rd person aren't they sustaining? are they not sustaining?
Past continuous I was sustaining
Positive I was sustaining
Singular
1st person I was sustaining
2nd person you were sustaining
3rd person he/she/it was sustaining
Plural
1st person we were sustaining
2nd person you were sustaining
3rd person they were sustaining
Negative I wasn't sustaining
Singular
1st person I wasn't sustaining I was not sustaining
2nd person you weren't sustaining you were not sustaining
3rd person he/she/it wasn't sustaining he/she/it was not sustaining
Plural
1st person we weren't sustaining we were not sustaining
2nd person you weren't sustaining you were not sustaining
3rd person they weren't sustaining they were not sustaining
Question was I sustaining?
Singular
1st person was I sustaining?
2nd person were you sustaining?
3rd person was he/she/it sustaining?
Plural
1st person were we sustaining?
2nd person were you sustaining?
3rd person were they sustaining?
Negative question wasn't I sustaining?
Singular
1st person wasn't I sustaining? was I not sustaining?
2nd person weren't you sustaining? were you not sustaining?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it sustaining? was he/she/it not sustaining?
Plural
1st person weren't we sustaining? were we not sustaining?
2nd person weren't you sustaining? were you not sustaining?
3rd person weren't they sustaining? were they not sustaining?
Future continuous I'll be sustaining
Positive I'll be sustaining
Singular
1st person I'll be sustaining I will be sustaining
2nd person you'll be sustaining you will be sustaining
3rd person he/she/it'll be sustaining he/she/it will be sustaining
Plural
1st person we'll be sustaining we will be sustaining
2nd person you'll be sustaining you will be sustaining
3rd person they'll be sustaining they will be sustaining
Negative I won't be sustaining
Singular
1st person I won't be sustaining I will not be sustaining
2nd person you won't be sustaining you will not be sustaining
3rd person he/she/it won't be sustaining he/she/it will not be sustaining
Plural
1st person we won't be sustaining we will not be sustaining
2nd person you won't be sustaining you will not be sustaining
3rd person they won't be sustaining they will not be sustaining
Question will I be sustaining?
Singular
1st person will I be sustaining?
2nd person will you be sustaining?
3rd person will he/she/it be sustaining?
Plural
1st person will we be sustaining?
2nd person will you be sustaining?
3rd person will they be sustaining?
Negative question won't I be sustaining?
Singular
1st person won't I be sustaining? will I not be sustaining?
2nd person won't you be sustaining? will you not be sustaining?
3rd person won't he/she/it be sustaining? will he/she/it not be sustaining?
Plural
1st person won't we be sustaining? will we not be sustaining?
2nd person won't you be sustaining? will you not be sustaining?
3rd person won't they be sustaining? will they not be sustaining?
Conditional continuous I'd be sustaining
Positive I'd be sustaining
Singular
1st person I'd be sustaining I would be sustaining
2nd person you'd be sustaining you would be sustaining
3rd person he/she/it'd be sustaining he/she/it would be sustaining
Plural
1st person we'd be sustaining we would be sustaining
2nd person you'd be sustaining you would be sustaining
3rd person they'd be sustaining they would be sustaining
Negative I wouldn't be sustaining
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be sustaining I would not be sustaining
2nd person you wouldn't be sustaining you would not be sustaining
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be sustaining he/she/it would not be sustaining
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be sustaining we would not be sustaining
2nd person you wouldn't be sustaining you would not be sustaining
3rd person they wouldn't be sustaining they would not be sustaining
Question would I be sustaining?
Singular
1st person would I be sustaining?
2nd person would you be sustaining?
3rd person would he/she/it be sustaining?
Plural
1st person would we be sustaining?
2nd person would you be sustaining?
3rd person would they be sustaining?
Negative question wouldn't I be sustaining?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be sustaining? would I not be sustaining?
2nd person wouldn't you be sustaining? would you not be sustaining?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be sustaining? would he/she/it not be sustaining?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be sustaining? would we not be sustaining?
2nd person wouldn't you be sustaining? would you not be sustaining?
3rd person wouldn't they be sustaining? would they not be sustaining?
Present perfect I've sustained
Positive I've sustained
Singular
1st person I've sustained I have sustained
2nd person you've sustained you have sustained
3rd person he/she/it's sustained he/she/it has sustained
Plural
1st person we've sustained we have sustained
2nd person you've sustained you have sustained
3rd person they've sustained they have sustained
Negative I haven't sustained
Singular
1st person I haven't sustained I have not sustained
2nd person you haven't sustained you have not sustained
3rd person he/she/it hasn't sustained he/she/it has not sustained
Plural
1st person we haven't sustained we have not sustained
2nd person you haven't sustained you have not sustained
3rd person they haven't sustained they have not sustained
Question have I sustained?
Singular
1st person have I sustained?
2nd person have you sustained?
3rd person has he/she/it sustained?
Plural
1st person have we sustained?
2nd person have you sustained?
3rd person have they sustained?
Negative question haven't I sustained?
Singular
1st person haven't I sustained? have I not sustained?
2nd person haven't you sustained? have you not sustained?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it sustained? has he/she/it not sustained?
Plural
1st person haven't we sustained? have we not sustained?
2nd person haven't you sustained? have you not sustained?
3rd person haven't they sustained? have they not sustained?
Past perfect I had sustained
Positive I had sustained
Singular
1st person I had sustained
2nd person you had sustained
3rd person he/she/it had sustained
Plural
1st person we had sustained
2nd person you had sustained
3rd person they had sustained
Negative I hadn't sustained
Singular
1st person I hadn't sustained I had not sustained
2nd person you hadn't sustained you had not sustained
3rd person he/she/it hadn't sustained he/she/it had not sustained
Plural
1st person we hadn't sustained we had not sustained
2nd person you hadn't sustained you had not sustained
3rd person they hadn't sustained they had not sustained
Question had I sustained?
Singular
1st person had I sustained?
2nd person had you sustained?
3rd person had he/she/it sustained?
Plural
1st person had we sustained?
2nd person had you sustained?
3rd person had they sustained?
Negative question hadn't I sustained?
Singular
1st person hadn't I sustained? had I not sustained?
2nd person hadn't you sustained? had you not sustained?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it sustained? had he/she/it not sustained?
Plural
1st person hadn't we sustained? had we not sustained?
2nd person hadn't you sustained? had you not sustained?
3rd person hadn't they sustained? had they not sustained?
Future perfect I'll have sustained
Positive I'll have sustained
Singular
1st person I'll have sustained I will have sustained
2nd person you'll have sustained you will have sustained
3rd person he/she/it'll have sustained he/she/it will have sustained
Plural
1st person we'll have sustained we will have sustained
2nd person you'll have sustained you will have sustained
3rd person they'll have sustained they will have sustained
Negative I won't have sustained
Singular
1st person I won't have sustained I will not have sustained
2nd person you won't have sustained you will not have sustained
3rd person he/she/it won't have sustained he/she/it will not have sustained
Plural
1st person we won't have sustained we will not have sustained
2nd person you won't have sustained you will not have sustained
3rd person they won't have sustained they will not have sustained
Question +'ll I have sustained?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have sustained? will I have sustained?
2nd person +'ll you have sustained? will you have sustained?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have sustained? will he/she/it have sustained?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have sustained? will we have sustained?
2nd person +'ll you have sustained? will you have sustained?
3rd person +'ll they have sustained? will they have sustained?
Negative question won't I have sustained?
Singular
1st person won't I have sustained? will I not have sustained?
2nd person won't you have sustained? will you not have sustained?
3rd person won't he/she/it have sustained? will he/she/it not have sustained?
Plural
1st person won't we have sustained? will we not have sustained?
2nd person won't you have sustained? will you not have sustained?
3rd person won't they have sustained? will they not have sustained?
Conditional perfect I'd have sustained
Positive I'd have sustained
Singular
1st person I'd have sustained I would have sustained
2nd person you'd have sustained you would have sustained
3rd person he/she/it'd have sustained he/she/it would have sustained
Plural
1st person we'd have sustained we would have sustained
2nd person you'd have sustained you would have sustained
3rd person they'd have sustained they would have sustained
Negative I wouldn't have sustained
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have sustained I would not have sustained
2nd person you wouldn't have sustained you would not have sustained
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have sustained he/she/it would not have sustained
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have sustained we would not have sustained
2nd person you wouldn't have sustained you would not have sustained
3rd person they wouldn't have sustained they would not have sustained
Question would I have sustained?
Singular
1st person would I have sustained?
2nd person would you have sustained?
3rd person would he/she/it have sustained?
Plural
1st person would we have sustained?
2nd person would you have sustained?
3rd person would they have sustained?
Negative question wouldn't I have sustained?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have sustained? would I not have sustained?
2nd person wouldn't you have sustained? would you not have sustained?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have sustained? would he/she/it not have sustained?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have sustained? would we not have sustained?
2nd person wouldn't you have sustained? would you not have sustained?
3rd person wouldn't they have sustained? would they not have sustained?
Imperative sustain!
Positive
you sustain!
we let's sustain!
Negative
you don't sustain!
we let's not sustain!
Examples sustain examples
How do I use sustain in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Heavy posts are needed to sustain this bridge.
I sustain my family.
You take my house when you do take the prop, that doth sustain my house; you take my life, when you do take the means whereby I live.
Movie subtitles
It can sustain significant parts being removed without losing fundamental functions.
Dr. Seward, your patient Renfield, whose blood I have just analyzed, is obsessed with the idea. that he must devour living things. in order to sustain his own life.
Dr. Seward's patient, Renfield, whose blood I have just analyzed is obsessed with the idea that he must eat other living creatures in order to sustain his own life.
You will join the ranks of those women of ambiguous position who travel about Europe from one watering place to another neither married nor unmarried, with no future and no present with only your great love to sustain you.
So even if your parents sustain you, work hard for you, they get in your way all the same!
The main force will sustain the first blow at Raven's Rock.
You've been running all night. In the daytime you shall stand and sustain their blow, halt the German wedge and hold fast until we crush them from the flanks.
Sustain.
I said sustain!
You can sustain that, too, Will, if you've a mind to.
As he gives himself to her let the bride inspire and sustain him let her unite with him in all the experiences of life to which their paths shall lead.
Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain if with too willing ear you list his songs.
Sustain that.
Here, in abundance, were various substances necessary to sustain life -- an underwater larder filled to overflowing, and all Captain Nemo's for the taking.
We can't sustain our flight.
Dr. Seward, your patient, Renfield, whose blood I have just analyzed, is obsessed with the idea that he must devour living things in order to sustain his own life.
And you, Mr and Mrs Strable, well, there's very little I can say to sustain you.
You'll be able to sustain yourself, while you look for a job. It might take a while.
He had an abundance of various substances necessary to sustain life.
Then you know that shortly we can expect Zagon to commence and sustain an all-out attack.
I had only to exist. To search out enough food to sustain me.
A sip of wine, a loaf of bread and a salted herring. which their work earned them yesterday. will sustain their return to sea tonight. to earn tomorrow's wine, bread and herring.
Also, I've got books and materials on every craft needed by man to sustain life.
Without air support, you can't sustain a frontal attack, you fool!
A better never did itself sustain upon a soldier's thigh.
Cease firing before we sustain damage!
We can sustain this orbit for three days, seven hours.
So that you may sustain your gravity and atmosphere, your systems are now open.
Did we sustain damage?
The rest of the ship seems able to sustain life.
There's enough to sustain the colony, but very little more.
Total defiance of the elementary laws which sustain our community.
Since the ship was designed to sustain these forms, we have little choice.
I do not understand why you take the trouble to consume this bulk material to sustain yourselves.
News and current affairs
After cutting down a swath of rainforest, soils are often quickly leached of their nutrients so that they cannot sustain crops or nutritious grasses for livestock.
Otherwise, speculation on member states' national debt will persist, keeping borrowing costs at levels that are inconsistent with the conditions required to sustain economic recovery.
While the US Federal Reserve Board's first round of quantitative easing was effective in ending a wrenching crisis, the second round has done little to sustain meaningful recovery in the labor market and the real economy.
Ghana certainly needs to develop economically, because material wealth is required to improve health, provide education, and sustain democracy.
It is difficult to sustain an empire without the will to use force when necessary.
But, despite modest material support, the US could not sustain a government that could not sustain itself.
So why have the Europeans been unable to sustain improvements in both foundations of growth - employment and productivity - at the same time?
They borrowed money and put it to work to sustain their profitability.
Italy's new leadership must sustain this progress.
It will also sustain unprecedented levels of violence and criminality-another crucial dimension of today's insecurity.
And China's banks pumped massive amounts of credit into the country's economy, enabling it to sustain import demand, which was critical to the global recovery.
Temporary Keynesian demand measures may help to sustain short-run internal growth, but they will not solve France's long-run competitiveness problems.
Has the time come to start laying the groundwork to sustain future growth, especially in poorer regions that have not yet shared in today's prosperity?
While this is just one part of a much more complex story, it seems unlikely that these and other non-tradable sectors can sustain employment growth in the future.
Only then could export growth, impressive since mid-2009, sustain further increases.
The housing problem is contributing to the financial crisis, which in turn is reducing the supply of credit needed to sustain economic activity.
Tighter credit rationing will then further hamper the ability of households and firms to borrow, spend, invest, and sustain economic growth.
But Europe should move more decisively in this direction. Otherwise, speculation on member states' national debt will persist, keeping borrowing costs at levels that are inconsistent with the conditions required to sustain economic recovery.
Indeed, the Basel Committee plans to require more capital in the future, though the new requirements will be delayed, owing to concerns about the cost and availability of credit to sustain the recovery.
But both sides' stated commitment to fraternal ties will not be enough to sustain their political relationship into the future.