sustaining

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 3.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of sustain
2. noun The process by which something is sustained or upheld.
3. adjective That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.

Similar words

support maintain keep up keep get hold up prolong confirm hold have

Often followed by

the a and treatment power of life an it

Word family

sustain sustainability sustainable sustained sustains sustenance