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Sustained

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Continuous 84% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Continuous 84% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Aspect noun · 78% connection

the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

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Auxiliary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Bare adjective · 78% connection

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage o…

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Future perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future perfect tense noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future tense noun · 78% connection

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

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Imperative form noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Imperative mood noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Imperative verb noun · 78% connection

a verb in the imperative mood.

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Jussive mood noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Modal auxiliary noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal verb noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Abide verb · 78% connection

To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

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Bear verb · 78% connection

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Brace noun · 78% connection

Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

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Bunk noun · 78% connection

A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

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Buoy verb · 78% connection

To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

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Clamp noun · 78% connection

A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

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Coronary failure noun · 78% connection

inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions

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Demurrer noun · 78% connection

A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alle…

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…

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Endure verb · 78% connection

To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat with…

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Fight verb · 78% connection

To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.

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Float verb · 78% connection

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the…

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