sustained
part of speech
adjective (sustained); verb, past form of "sustain" (sustain, sustains, sustained, sustaining)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sustained means kept going for a long time without stopping: sustained effort. tree →
2) (formal) To have sustained an injury is to have been hurt. tree →
3) (formal) To sustain something is to keep it alive or going, or to hold up its weight. tree →
sense in the lessons
In formal news and reports: "He sustained minor injuries". In science, food sustains life. In schoolwork, sustained effort or sustained writing. Phrases: sustained an injury, sustained effort, sustained attack.
examples
- She sustained a broken arm in the fall. tree →
- The players sustained minor injuries. tree →
- The class showed sustained effort all term. tree →
- Food and water sustained them on the trip. tree →
- The rain was heavy and sustained. tree →
- The bridge sustained no damage in the storm. tree →
- We did ten minutes of sustained silent reading. tree →
- Sustained wind of 100 km/h blew down the fence. tree →
- The flower in its color of flame seemed to receive its nourishment from the water, as a lamp is sustained by oil. tree →
note
Formal register; everyday: kept up, got hurt. Noun: sustainability, sustainable (able to last without harming the planet). Regular verb.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sustained» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.