"sustainability" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləti/ [Canada, General-American], [səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləɾi] [Canada, General-American], /səˌstæɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-US sustainability.ogg Forms: sustainabilities [plural]
Etymology: From sustain + -ability. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sustain|ability}} sustain + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sustainability (countable and uncountable, plural sustainabilities)
  1. 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 necessary resources for future generations.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (ecological sense): sostenibilitat [feminine] (Catalan), bæredygtighed [common-gender] (Danish), duurzaamheid (Dutch), daŭripovo (Esperanto), durabilité [feminine] (French), მდგრადობა (mdgradoba) (Georgian), Nachhaltigkeit [feminine] (German), αειφορία (aeiforía) [feminine] (Greek), fenntarthatóság (Hungarian), sostenibilità [feminine] (Italian), 持続可能性 (jizokukanōsei) (Japanese), サステイナビリティ (sasuteinabiriti) (Japanese), ilgtspēja [masculine] (Latvian), toitūtanga (Maori), bærekraft [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sustentabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), sustenabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), durabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), экологическая устойчивость (ekologičeskaja ustojčivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sostenibilidad (Spanish), hållbarhet [common-gender] (Swedish), sürdürebilirlik (Turkish), sürdürülebilirlik (Turkish), сталість довкілля (stalistʹ dovkillja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sustainability-en-noun-nkoEy1mE Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 33 33 34 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'ecological sense': 54 35 10
  2. The ability to sustain something.
    (business) The ability to sustain a business in the long term, which is a state that is partly dependent on, but broader than, profitability today or in the short term; it involves aspects of a plausible path toward eventual profitability (as applies to a startup) and ecologic sustainability (for example, the long-term dependence of the timber/lumber industry on forest preservation and renewal, or of fisheries on viable fish stocks).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-sustainability-en-noun-hZa9gKMM Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 33 33 34 Topics: business
  3. The ability to sustain something.
    (civics) The ability to sustain a civic practice or process in the long term, such as democracy, entrepreneurialism, a war effort, or others.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: seismic sustainability Related terms: sustain, sustainable, sustenance, resilience, resiliency Translations (ability to sustain something): усто́йчивост (ustójčivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sostenibilitat [feminine] (Catalan), bæredygtighed [common-gender] (Danish), holdbarhed [common-gender] (Danish), houdbaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), daŭripovo (Esperanto), soutenabilité [feminine] (French), sustentabilidade [feminine] (Galician), მდგრადობა (mdgradoba) (Georgian), Zukunftsfähigkeit [feminine] (German), αειφορία (aeiforía) [feminine] (Greek), fenntarthatóság (Hungarian), keberlanjutan (Indonesian), kelestarian (Indonesian), sostenibilità [feminine] (Italian), kemampanan (Malay), toitūtanga (Maori), bærekraft [common-gender, feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), berekraft [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sustentabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), усто́йчивость (ustójčivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sostenibilidad (Spanish), hållbarhet [common-gender] (Swedish), uthållighet [common-gender] (Swedish), långsiktighet [common-gender] (Swedish), bärkraft [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'ability to sustain something': 33 33 33

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sustentabilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sustenabilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "durabilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekologičeskaja ustojčivostʹ",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "экологическая устойчивость"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "word": "sostenibilidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hållbarhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "word": "sürdürebilirlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "word": "sürdürülebilirlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stalistʹ dovkillja",
      "sense": "ecological sense",
      "word": "сталість довкілля"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sustainability"
  ],
  "word": "sustainability"
}

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