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sustainment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English sustainment From sustain + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of sustaining something.
   • Otherwise, the sustainment or creation of jobs is seriously imperiled. 2009 January 5, “U.S. Labor Looks to Obama for Help”, in New York Times:
   • Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice. 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:

Forms

Synonyms

sustention

Translations (2)

es sustentación (Translations) · es sostenimiento (Translations)