sustain+life

  • 1Life support (disambiguation) — Life support is a set of therapies for preserving a patient s life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life.Life support may also refer to:* Advanced cardiac life support, urgent treatment for life threatening… …

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  • 2Life support — Life support, in the medical field, refers to a set of therapies for preserving a patient s life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life unaided. Life support therapies utilize some combination of several… …

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  • 3life-support — adj providing support necessary to sustain life esp of, relating to, or being a life support system <life support equipment> …

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  • 4sustain — 01. The cheetah can run at speeds of over 80 km/h, but can only [sustain] that speed for a very short time. 02. We need to find a [sustainable] energy source to replace our fossils fuels because eventually there won t be any oil or gas left. 03.… …

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  • 5life-support — adjective of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life • Pertains to noun: ↑life support system * * * ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : providing support necessary to sustain life ; especially : of, relating to, or being a life… …

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  • 6sustain */*/ — UK [səˈsteɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sustain : present tense I/you/we/they sustain he/she/it sustains present participle sustaining past tense sustained past participle sustained 1) to provide the conditions in which something can… …

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  • 7sustain — sus|tain [ sə steın ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist: Only two of the planets could sustain life. Analysts believe present economic growth can be sustained without inflation. 2. ) FORMAL… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8sustain — [səˈsteɪn] verb [T] 1) to provide the conditions that allow something to happen or exist Only two of the planets could sustain life.[/ex] Can the country s economic growth be sustained?[/ex] 2) formal to give someone strength, energy, or hope A… …

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  • 9life-support — adjective Date: 1965 providing support necessary to sustain life; especially of or relating to a system providing such support < life support equipment > …

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  • 10Sustain — Sus*tain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sustained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sustaining}.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus (see {Sub }) +&#8230; …

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