sustained

sus·tain  (s-stn)

tr.v. sus·tained, sus·tain·ing, sus·tains

1. To keep in existence; maintain.

2. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.

3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.

4. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.

5. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.

6. To experience or suffer: sustained a fatal injury.

7. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.

8. To prove or corroborate; confirm.

9. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.

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[Middle English sustenen, from Old French sustenir, from Latin sustinre : sub-, from below; see sub- + tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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sus·taina·bili·ty n.

sus·taina·ble adj.

sus·tainer n.

sus·tainment n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sustained - maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight" continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
	2.	sustained - (of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs" free burning continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"

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sustained

adjective continuous, constant, steady, prolonged, perpetual, unremitting, nonstop The proposals follow sustained criticism from teachers.
periodic, sporadic, intermittent, broken, irregular, spasmodic, discontinuous

Translations

sustained [səsˈteɪnd] ADJ [effort] → constante, ininterrumpido; [note] → sostenido; [applause] → prolongado
a period of sustained economic growth → un periodo de crecimiento económico sostenido

sustained [səˈsteɪnd] adj [effort] → soutenu(e); [applause] → nourri(e); [attack] → nourri(e)

sustained

adj effort etc → ausdauernd; applause also, attack, pressure → anhaltend; (Mus) note → (aus)gehalten; (Econ) economic growth, recovery, recession → anhaltend

sustained [səsˈteɪnd] adj (effort) → prolungato/a