sustained
Definition
- Adjective:
- Continuing for an extended period without interruption or weakening: The primary meaning describes something that is maintained at a constant, often high, level or intensity over a long time.
- (Technical) Continuous and steady: In specific contexts, such as engineering or physics, it describes a process or state that is unbroken and stable.
Usage
The adjective sustained is used to describe an action, effort, sound, or condition that is prolonged and consistent. It often implies a deliberate or inherent ability to maintain itself. * It typically precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., a sustained effort). * It can follow linking verbs like "be" or "remain" (e.g., The applause was sustained).
Examples
- The orchestra received sustained applause that lasted for several minutes.
- Her success was the result of sustained hard work over many years.
- The economy cannot grow without sustained investment in infrastructure.
- The pilot demonstrated sustained flight at a high altitude.
- The lawyer raised a sustained objection throughout the witness's testimony.
Advanced Usage
- Sustained damage/injury: Refers to harm that is serious and lasting, not minor or temporary.
- The building sustained significant damage in the storm.
- Sustained argument/criticism: Indicates a logical case or critique that is developed and maintained consistently over time.
- The philosopher presented a sustained argument for ethical realism.
- Sustained yield: (In forestry or agriculture) A harvest level that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting the resource.
- The forest is managed for sustained yield.
Variants and Related Words
- Sustain (verb): To strengthen, support, or maintain over time; to undergo or suffer (e.g., ).
- Sustenance (noun): Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment. The means of maintaining life.
- Sustainable (adjective): Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level without causing depletion or long-term environmental damage.
- Sustaining (adjective): Providing support, strength, or nourishment (e.g., a meal).
Synonyms
- Continuous: Uninterrupted in time.
- Prolonged: Extended in duration.
- Persistent: Continuing firmly despite difficulty.
- Unremitting: Never relaxing or slackening; incessant.
- Steady: Firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; regular and even.
Antonyms
- Intermittent: Occurring at irregular intervals.
- Sporadic: Occurring occasionally or in scattered instances.
- Brief: Short in duration.
- Abated: Lessened in intensity or degree.
Collocations and Common Phrases
- Sustained effort
- Sustained growth
- Sustained attention
- Sustained period
- Sustained attack
- Sustained note (in music)
- Sustained development
Adjective
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(of an electric arc) continuous
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heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
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maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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sustained flight
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