Synonyms: support, buttress, prop, underpin, rest, back up
| Part of speech | verb |
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| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sustain | (I) sustained |
| (thou) sustainest | (thou) sustainedst |
| (he) sustains, sustaineth | (he) sustained |
| (we) sustain | (we) sustained |
| (you) sustain | (you) sustained |
| (they) sustain | (they) sustained |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sustain | (I) sustained |
| (thou) sustain | (thou) sustained |
| (he) sustain | (he) sustained |
| (we) sustain | (we) sustained |
| (you) sustain | (you) sustained |
| (they) sustain | (they) sustained |
| Imperative mood | |
| sustain | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| sustaining | sustained |
| Afrikaans | steun |
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| Catalan | donar suport; estintolar; recolzar |
| Czech | podporovat; podepřít; podpořit; podpírat |
| Danish | støtte |
| Dutch | schragen; steunen; ondersteunen |
| Esperanto | apogi |
| Faeroese | styðja |
| Finnish | nojata |
| French | appuyer; accoter |
| German | anlegen; lehnen; anlehnen; stemmen; stützen; unterstützen; aufstützen |
| Hungarian | segít; támogat; támogatás |
| Italian | sostenere |
| Papiamento | apoyá; respaldá; sostené; stet |
| Portuguese | apoiar; arrimar; encostar; reclinar |
| Russian | опирать |
| Saterland Frisian | anlääse; lienje; anlienje; stämme; stöäne; stutje |
| Spanish | apoyar |
| Swedish | stödja |
| West Frisian | steune |