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type | v |
lex_filenum | 42 |
def | lengthen or extend in duration or space |
examples | We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible prolong the treatment of the patient keep up the good work |
Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve |
Derivationally related form | sustain → sustainable; sustain → sustenance |
Derivationally related form | sustain → sustainer |
Derivationally related form | prolong → prolongation |
Derivationally related form | prolong → prolongation |
Hyponym | retain, continue, keep, keep on |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | sustainable → sustain; sustenance → sustain |
Derivationally related form | prolongation → prolong |
Derivationally related form | prolongation → prolong |
Derivationally related form | sustainer → sustain |
Hypernym | retain, continue, keep, keep on |
Hyponym | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve |
Also see | keep → keep up |
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