sustentation
pronunciation
How to pronounce sustentation in British English:
UK [ˌsʌsten'teɪʃən]
How to pronounce sustentation in American English:
US [ˌsʌsten'teɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Word Origin
- sustentation (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French, Old French sustentacion, sostentacion "sustaining of life," from Latin sustentationem (nominative sustentatio) "maintenance," noun of action from past participle stem of sustentare "hold upright, hold up; feed, nourish, support; hold out, endure, suffer," frequentative of sustinere (see sustain).
Example
- 1. Establishing bureaucratic system as laws as its sustentation .
- 2. So it can provide technological sustentation for the building monolithic movement technology in the reconstruction of downtown .
- 3. In views of harmonious society , the construction of harmonious university pays more attention to personality , harmony , sustentation and multiplicity .
- 4. Reliability of theory and sustentation of practice indicate that process design system is viable under the environment of net .
- 5. Project supported by the shanghai postdoctoral sustentation fund , chellona ( grant no. ) .