Question

If you s______ something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow....a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995. verbIf you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow....a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995.If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage.A tourist died of injuries sustained in the bomb blast.If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season.I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life.Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, we boarded our plane. C1

Accepted Answer

sustain sustainssustainingsustained

query	If you s______ something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age. The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow. ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995.
word	sustain
full-definition	verb If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age. The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow. ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995. If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you. Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage. A tourist died of injuries sustained in the bomb blast. If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement. The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season. I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life. Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, we boarded our plane.
inflections	sustainssustainingsustained
cefr-level	C1

Sustained Period Sustain Continue Maintain Time Fierce Social