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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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