NOUN | possession | subsistence | minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting |
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state | subsistence | a means of surviving | |
state | subsistence | the state of existing in reality / reality |
Sounds | sahbsih'stahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting. | |
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Example | "social security provided only a bare subsistence" | |
Broader | support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance | The financial means whereby one lives |
Spanish | subsistencia | |
Catalan | subsistència |
Meaning | A means of surviving. | |
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Example | "farming is a hard means of subsistence" | |
Broader | survival, endurance | A state of surviving |
Spanish | subsistencia | |
Verbs | subsist | support oneself |
Meaning | The state of existing in reality / reality; having substance. | |
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Broader | being, beingness, existence, face of the earth | The state or fact of existing |
Spanish | subsistencia | |
Catalan | subsistència |
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