sustained

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/səˈsteɪnd/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

fatal, intracranial, many, minor, multiple, perpetual, resorbable, serious

The patient survived the car accident despite sustained multiple injuries to his legs and chest.

VERB + SUSTAINED

cannot, damage, growth, judge

The company cannot sustained its rapid growth without investing in new technology.

SUSTAINED + NOUN

effort, injuries, injury, lawyer's, nuclear, objection, objections, systems

The athlete sustained a serious injury during the final match of the season.

PREP.

The company sustained significant losses in the real estate market during the recession.

ADV.

only

The team sustained only minor injuries during the intense match last weekend.

Definitions

adj

Held continuously at a certain level.

Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

Held at a certain pitch.

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Example Bank

Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

Wiktionary

Such drastic economic growth cannot be sustained.

Tatoeba · #49796

The vision of the Olympics had sustained him.

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He sustained an injury which will take a month to heal completely.

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There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.

Tatoeba · #376875

We don't have a mechanism for sustained funding.

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