sustained

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈsteɪnd/
Hyphenation: sus‧tained
Rhymes: -eɪnd

Verb

sustained

simple past tense and past participle of sustain

Adjective

sustained (comparative more sustained, superlative most sustained)

Held continuously at a certain level.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
  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.
(music) Held at a certain pitch.

Synonyms

(held at a certain level): constant, continuous, steady

Translations

held at a certain level

Finnish: pitkäkestoinen, pikäjänteinen
Greek: αδιάπτωτος (adiáptotos)

Maori: whakauka

Anagrams

insudates

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