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Meanings of sustentation in English
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
Synonyms
Examples for "maintenance"
Examples for "maintenance"
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Mr Armstrong said smaller construction companies would benefit from the maintenance work.
2
Shaw said the line needed major extra maintenance because of its age.
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Terms used interchangeably for sustainability included continuation, maintenance, follow-up or long term.
4
Good management includes promoting natural fire regimes and maintenance of fire belts.
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Its services include repair and maintenance services and detailing services, among others.
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After sustenance and reproduction, society is the most basic of human needs.
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The brute obeys law unwittingly in the sustenance and transmission of life.
3
The plant is rooted in the soil and gets its sustenance therefrom.
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Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance.
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When the roots of the tree cannot find sustenance the tree dies.
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Hopefully you can figure out a more permanent solution for its upkeep.'
2
And discuss how to pay for storage, upkeep, appraisals and trust administration.
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Thanks to constant upkeep it is in as good condition as ever.
4
The Rhine bridges pass to France with the obligation for their upkeep.
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The cost of upkeep has been the ruination of many a homeowner.
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Conclusions: We identified 76 TMFs that have been used in sustainment studies.
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Of these, most were only used once, contributing to a fractured understanding of sustainment.
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Perhaps she now felt that food necessary to the sustainment of her fiendish designs.
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Development and sustainment of healthy relationships through social support may facilitate adjustment for the caregivers.
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All are derived from a common design and would use the same sustainment infrastructure worldwide.
Usage of sustentation in English
1
Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
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For this civilisation makes no provision excepting temporary sustentation in hospitals, workhouses or prisons.
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Colonel Digby's spirits depend much upon female support and sustentation.
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Straight planes were tried for a time, but found greatly lacking in the power of sustentation.
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Speed not only furnishes sustentation for the airship, but adds to the stability of the machine.
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But the writer has perhaps learned to regard two glasses of meridian wine as but a moderate amount of sustentation.
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This is done to meet the varying gusts and eddies of the air so that sustentation may be maintained and headway made.
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There was no proper sustentation fund; and the result was that nearly all the ministers had to add to their incomes in other ways.
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The source, the sustentation, the defence of his being, the endless mediation betwixt his needs and the things that supply them, are all one.
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They have three times as many ribs as we possess, and between them are openings into which air or water enters for life sustentation.
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When sailing within 30 feet of the ground sustentation is comparatively easy and, should a fall occur, the results are not likely to be serious.
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What is the Sustentation Fund?
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Sustentation.-Suspensionin the air.
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"She wishes you to give her a legal promise of marriage, and sustentation."
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I remember one time a week before the Sustentation Fund was due, I was down to one six-pence And of course a collector arrived!
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Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Sustentation through the time