Definitions for sustainable
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. sustainableadjective

   capable of being sustained

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sustainableadjective

   Able to be sustained.

2. sustainableadjective

   Able to be sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sustainableadjective

   That may be sustained.

   Etymology: soustenable, Fr. from sustain.

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1. sustainable

   Sustainable refers to the ability of a system, process, or resource to maintain its function or productivity over a long period of time without depleting or causing harm to the environment or future generations. It often involves practices that promote ecological balance and conservation, social equity, and economic viability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sustainableadjective

   capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. soutenable, OF. soustenable.]

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1. sustainable

   A moderate and accurate amount, number or kind, responsible, respectful and always considers the effect on animals, human beings, a supply network, the environment and the planet.

   They have sustainable development goals to achieve and know they are easily achieved.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

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   sustainable

   Prudent, intelligent, innovative, wise, respectful and responsible use of resources within a business, company, enterprise, organization, household or form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government and the accurate use of budgets, goals, law, legislation, objectives, plans, processes, procedures, rules, strategy, structures, systems, vision, treaties, eligibility criteria, employees, expenditure, funding, guidelines, income, IT system, liquidity, management, policies, resources, technologies, review systems, quality management systems, specific improvement, change and evolution.

   Sustainable change is wise, intelligent and responsible.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

Anagrams for sustainable »

1. balaustines

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How to say sustainable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sustainable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sustainable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sustainable in a Sentence

1. Solomon Belay:

   Space is food, space is job creation, a tool for technology...sovereignty, to reduce poverty, everything for Ethiopian to achieve universal and sustainable development.

2. Tony Nunan:

   Oil prices will trend down again ... $35 a barrel will be the support level. Low prices are not sustainable in the long-run.

3. Michael Wadleigh:

   We would hope that there were more people writing songs, which are so powerful, that articulate these issues. In terms of getting at the real problems we face with sustainable development and greenhouse gas emissions, they are just not being made.

4. Fair Trade Commission Kim:

   The clear fact is, the current ownership and control structure of Samsung Group, which goes from Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee to Samsung C&T to Samsung Life Insurance to Samsung Electronics, is not sustainable.

5. Omer Bar-Yohay:

   It really integrates aviation into the fabric of transportation, of our commuter life. It does so while being sustainable, and through being economically viable, once we start seeing planes like this, the entire way we look at where we live, how we commute, how we go on vacation, will change. It will be a high-speed train without the rail.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sustainable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sustainable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sustainable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustainable