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[sə'stein]1) (to bear (the weight of): The branches could hardly sustain the weight of the fruit.) vzdržati2) (to give help or strength to: The thought of seeing her again sustained him throughout his ordeal.) podpirati* * *[səstéin]transitive verbvzdrževati, oskrbovati, hraniti, preživljati; podpirati; podkrepiti; braniti; prenašati, nositi, prenesti, vzdržati, vztrajati, ne popuščati, ne prenehati; (pre)trpeti, utrpeti, prenesti (izgubo); music obdržati (noto); juridically odločiti v koristto sustain a theory — podkrepiti, podpirati neko teorijo
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injury — n. 1) to inflict (an) injury on 2) to receive, suffer, sustain an injury 3) a fatal; minor, slight; serious, severe injury 4) bodily injury; an internal injury 5) an injury to (an injury to the head) 6) (misc.) to add insult to injury * * * [… … Combinatory dictionary
injury — in|ju|ry W2 [ˈındʒəri] n plural injuries [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: injuria, from jus right, law ] 1.) [U and C] a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack ▪ She was taken to hospital with serious head injuries … Dictionary of contemporary English
injury */*/*/ — UK [ˈɪndʒərɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms injury : singular injury plural injuries 1) physical damage done to a person or a part of their body an eye/leg injury suffer/sustain an injury (= be injured): She has recovered from… … English dictionary
injury — in|ju|ry [ ındʒəri ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) physical damage done to a person or a part of their body: an eye/leg injury suffer/sustain an injury (=be injured): She has recovered from injuries sustained in the accident. escape/avoid injury … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sustain — sus·tain /sə stān/ vt 1: to support as true, legal, or just 2: to allow or uphold as valid sustain an objection compare overrule 1 sus·tain·able adj Merri … Law dictionary
sustain — sus‧tain [səˈsteɪn] verb [transitive] 1. if a company sustains losses or other difficulties, it has them: • Like other insurance companies, we have sustained heavy losses. • The record industry sustained a sales … Financial and business terms
sustain — [sə stān′] vt. [ME susteinen < OFr sustenir < L sustinere < sus (see SUB ), under + tenere, to hold (see THIN)] 1. to keep in existence; keep up; maintain or prolong [to sustain a mood] 2. to provide for the support of; specif., to… … English World dictionary
injury — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), bad, catastrophic, devastating, horrendous, major, nasty, serious, severe, terrible … Collocations dictionary
sustain — sus|tain W3 [səˈsteın] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make something continue)¦ 2¦(suffer)¦ 3¦(food/drink)¦ 4¦(give strength)¦ 5¦(weight)¦ 6¦(idea)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: sustenir, from Latin sustinere … Dictionary of contemporary English
sustain — verb (T) 1 MAKE STH CONTINUE to make something continue to exist over a period of time; maintain (1): The teacher tried hard to sustain the children s interest. see also: sustained 2 GIVE STRENGTH to make it possible for someone to stay strong or … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sustain — verb ADVERB ▪ no longer ▪ The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production. ▪ barely ▪ indefinitely ▪ still … Collocations dictionary