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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•sist•ence /səbˈsɪstəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the state or fact of subsisting.
- the providing of just enough food, resources, etc., to be able to live:Although the government says they are not at the poverty level, they are at the subsistence level.
See -sist-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•sist•ence (səb sis′təns),USA pronunciation n. - the state or fact of subsisting.
- the state or fact of existing.
- the providing of sustenance or support.
- means of supporting life;
a living or livelihood. - the source from which food and other items necessary to exist are obtained.
- Philosophy
- existence, especially of an independent entity.
- the quality of having timeless or abstract existence.
- mode of existence or that by which a substance is individualized.
- Late Latin subsistentia; see subsist, -ence
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged survival, maintenance, nourishment.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: subsistence /səbˈsɪstəns/ n - the means by which one maintains life
- the act or condition of subsisting
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