sustainability
English
/səsˌteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
Definitions
- The ability to sustain something.
- (ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.
Etymology
Suffix from English sustain.
Origin
English
sustain
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biosustainability English
- nonsustainability English
- sustain English
- sustainable English
- sustainer English
- sustainest English
- sustaineth English
- sustainment English
- サスティン Japanese
- サスティーン Japanese
- サステイン Japanese
- susteinen Middle English