Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUSTAINED

pp. Borne; upheld; maintained; supported; subsisted; suffered.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUSTAINED

SUSTAINED Sus *tained ", a.

 

Defn: Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sustained

sus tained |səˈstānd səˈsteɪnd | ▶adjective continuing for an extended period or without interruption: several years of sustained economic growth. DERIVATIVES sus tain ed ly |-nidlē |adverb

 

sustained-release

sus tained-re lease ▶adjective [ attrib. ] Medicine denoting a drug preparation in a capsule containing numerous tiny pellets with different coatings that release their contents steadily over a long period.

 

sustained yield

sus tained yield ▶noun a level of exploitation or crop production that is maintained by restricting the quantity harvested to avoid long-term depletion.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sustained

sus |tained |səˈsteɪnd | ▶adjective continuing for an extended period or without interruption: several years of sustained economic growth. DERIVATIVES sustainedly |-nɪdli |adverb

 

sustained-release

sustained-release ▶adjective Medicine denoting a drug preparation in a capsule containing numerous tiny pellets with different coatings that release their contents steadily over a long period.

 

sustained yield

sus |tained yield ▶noun [ mass noun ] a level of exploitation or crop production which is maintained by restricting the quantity harvested to avoid long-term depletion.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sustained

sustained adjective her sustained battle against alcoholism: continuous, ongoing, steady, continual, constant, prolonged, persistent, nonstop, perpetual, unabating, relentless, rolling, unrelieved, unbroken, never-ending, incessant, unceasing, ceaseless, around /round-the-clock. ANTONYMS sporadic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sustained

sustained adjective a sustained attack on environmentalism: continuous, ongoing, steady, continual, continuing, constant, running, prolonged, persistent, non-stop, perpetual, unfaltering, unremitting, unabating, unrelenting, relentless, unrelieved, unbroken, never-ending, unending, incessant, unceasing, ceaseless, round the clock. ANTONYMS intermittent, sporadic.