sustainability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
business
ecology
natural-sciences
video-games
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sustain
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English sustainability
From sustain + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: sustainabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ability to sustain something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: None of the processing happens out in the open ocean, said Gaurav Sant, an Equatic founder and professor of sustainability at UCLA, “this is important because it allows you to measure everything that you’re doing perfectly.”
gloss: The ability to sustain something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The making of buggy whips is the proverbial exemplar of a business without sustainability in the face of technological change.
In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."
gloss: The ability to sustain something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: universal primary and secondary education, without which the sustainability of innovation and entrepreneurialism seems questionable
gloss: The ability to sustain something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: unsustainability
Related words: sustain
sustainable
sustenance
resilience
resiliency
Derived words: biosustainability
nonsustainability
seismic sustainability
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: усто́йчивост
roman: ustójčivost
lang: Catalan
word: sostenibilitat
lang: Danish
word: bæredygtighed
lang: Danish
word: holdbarhed
lang: Dutch
word: houdbaarheid
lang: Esperanto
word: daŭripovo
lang: French
word: soutenabilité
lang: Galician
word: sustentabilidade
lang: Georgian
word: მდგრადობა
roman: mdgradoba
lang: German
word: Zukunftsfähigkeit
lang: Greek
word: αειφορία
roman: aeiforía
lang: Hungarian
word: fenntarthatóság
lang: Indonesian
word: keberlanjutan
lang: Indonesian
word: kelestarian
lang: Indonesian
word: keberlangsungan
lang: Italian
word: sostenibilità
lang: Malay
word: kemampanan
lang: Māori
word: toitūtanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bærekraft
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: berekraft
lang: Portuguese
word: sustentabilidade
lang: Russian
word: усто́йчивость
roman: ustójčivostʹ
lang: Spanish
word: sostenibilidad
lang: Spanish
word: sustentabilidad
lang: Swedish
word: hållbarhet
lang: Swedish
word: uthållighet
lang: Swedish
word: långsiktighet
lang: Swedish
word: bärkraft