Sustainability

//səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləti//

Synonyms for "sustainability"

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Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

55 translations across 27 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • усто́йчивост noun (ability to sustain something)

Catalan

2 entries
  • sostenibilitat noun (ability to sustain something)
  • sostenibilitat noun (ecological sense)

Danish

3 entries
  • bæredygtighed noun (ability to sustain something)
  • bæredygtighed noun (ecological sense)
  • holdbarhed noun (ability to sustain something)

Dutch

2 entries
  • duurzaamheid noun (ecological sense)
  • houdbaarheid noun (ability to sustain something)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • daŭripovo noun (ability to sustain something)
  • daŭripovo noun (ecological sense)

French

2 entries
  • durabilité noun (ecological sense)
  • soutenabilité noun (ability to sustain something)

Galician

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  • sustentabilidade noun (ability to sustain something)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მდგრადობა noun (ability to sustain something)
  • მდგრადობა noun (ecological sense)

German

2 entries
  • Nachhaltigkeit noun (ecological sense)
  • Zukunftsfähigkeit noun (ability to sustain something)

Greek

2 entries
  • αειφορία noun (ability to sustain something)
  • αειφορία noun (ecological sense)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • fenntarthatóság noun (ability to sustain something)
  • fenntarthatóság noun (ecological sense)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • keberlangsungan noun (ability to sustain something)
  • keberlangsungan noun (ecological sense)
  • keberlanjutan noun (ability to sustain something)
  • kelestarian noun (ability to sustain something)

Italian

2 entries
  • sostenibilità noun (ability to sustain something)
  • sostenibilità noun (ecological sense)

Japanese

2 entries
  • サステイナビリティ noun (ecological sense)
  • 持続可能性 noun (ecological sense)

Latvian

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  • ilgtspēja noun (ecological sense)

Malay

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  • kemampanan noun (ability to sustain something)

Māori

2 entries
  • toitūtanga noun (ability to sustain something)
  • toitūtanga noun (ecological sense)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bærekraft noun (ability to sustain something)
  • bærekraft noun (ecological sense)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • berekraft noun (ability to sustain something)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • sustentabilidade noun (ability to sustain something)
  • sustentabilidade noun (ecological sense)

Romanian

2 entries
  • durabilitate noun (ecological sense)
  • sustenabilitate noun (ecological sense)

Russian

2 entries
  • усто́йчивость noun (ability to sustain something)
  • экологическая устойчивость noun (ecological sense)

Spanish

4 entries
  • sostenibilidad noun (ability to sustain something)
  • sostenibilidad noun (ecological sense)
  • sustentabilidad noun (ability to sustain something)
  • sustentabilidad noun (ecological sense)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uendelevu noun (ecological sense)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bärkraft noun (ability to sustain something)
  • hållbarhet noun (ability to sustain something)
  • hållbarhet noun (ecological sense)
  • långsiktighet noun (ability to sustain something)

Turkish

2 entries
  • sürdürebilirlik noun (ecological sense)
  • sürdürülebilirlik noun (ecological sense)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сталість довкілля noun (ecological sense)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Bicycles are tools for urban sustainability.

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The U.S. Pacific Islands region includes more than 2,000 islands spanning millions of square miles of ocean. Rising air and ocean temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, changing frequencies and intensities of storms and drought, decreasing streamflows, rising sea levels, and changing ocean chemistry will threaten the sustainability of globally important and diverse ecosystems as well as local communities, livelihoods, and cultures.

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"A lot of chefs these days, I think, are more concerned with sustainability" and have always been concerned with freshness, she said.

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What started as an interest in sustainability has become a rooftop oasis, complete with tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and herbs.

Source: tatoeba (7769110)

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