Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sustained

/səˈsteɪnd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: sus-tained
IPA: /səˈsteɪnd/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of sustain

adj

Held continuously at a certain level.

adj

Held at a certain pitch.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

more sustained (comparative) most sustained (superlative)

Derived Forms

oversustained selfsustained sustainedly unsustained

Phrases

non-sustained sustained yield

Synonyms

constant continuous steady free burning

Rhymes With

remained explained trained obtained gained contained self-contained maintained retained complained detained stained

Questions

How do you pronounce sustained?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈsteɪnd/.
What does sustained mean?: simple past and past participle of sustain

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