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SUSTAINMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sustainment mean?
• SUSTAINMENT (noun)
The noun SUSTAINMENT has 1 sense:
1. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Familiarity information: SUSTAINMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
maintenance; sustainment; sustenance; sustentation; upkeep
Context example:
fishing was their main sustainment
Hypernyms ("sustainment" is a kind of...):
support (the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities)
Derivation:
sustain (provide with nourishment)
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