What does sustainable mean?

sustainable means "capable of being sustained".

How many syllables are in sustainable?

sustainable has 4 syllables: su-stai-na-ble. The stress falls on "stai". In IPA it is /səˈsteɪnəbəl/.

Is sustainable a common word?

sustainable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Sustainable — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
capable of being sustained

Questions about sustainable

What does sustainable mean?: sustainable means "capable of being sustained".
How many syllables are in sustainable?: sustainable has 4 syllables: su-stai-na-ble. The stress falls on "stai". In IPA it is /səˈsteɪnəbəl/.
Is sustainable a common word?: sustainable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sustainable come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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