sustainability

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ (UK)
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/səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ (UK) · /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləti/ (US) · [səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləɾi] (US) · /səˌstæɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ · [səˌstæɪnəˈbɪlɪɾi]

Definition of sustainability

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The ability to sustain something.
    “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.””
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The ability to sustain something.
    “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.””
  2. (countable, uncountable)The ability to sustain something.
    “The making of buggy whips is the proverbial exemplar of a business without sustainability in the face of technological change.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The ability to sustain something.
    “universal primary and secondary education, without which the sustainability of innovation and entrepreneurialism seems questionable”
  4. (countable, uncountable)The ability to sustain something.

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Etymology

From sustain + -ability.

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