SUBSIST
\sʌbsˈɪst], \sʌbsˈɪst], \s_ʌ_b_s_ˈɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of SUBSIST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
By Princeton University
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support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To continue; to retain a certain state.
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To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live.
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To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.
By Oddity Software
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To have existence; continue; to exist or be; to be supplied with food, etc.
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To provide with food, etc.; support.
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Subsistent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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