subsistence

[US]/səbˈsɪstəns/
[UK]/səbˈsɪstəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. survival, means of living, way of subsisting.

Phrases & Collocations

subsistence farming

subsistence level

means of subsistence

Example Sentences

the minimum subsistence ration

Their subsistence comes from the sea.

Their main mode of subsistence is hunting.

Most of the population lives at subsistence level.

She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.

They were living barely above the level of subsistence.

the garden provided not only subsistence but a little cash crop.

rights of occupation normally only continue during the subsistence of the marriage.

Peripateticism is actually saponaceous subsistence philosophy and the parry to the monologue.

Based on the geographical characters, the local ethnic peoples have built a subsistence system combined with environment, inhabitancy and terraces.

The technique of redundancy and multiformity is used in the design of agent-level and isomerous redundancy structure.That guarantees the subsistence ability of the system in the framework.

Real-world Examples

Extreme weather events can have devastating effects on subsistence farmers.

Source: VOA Standard Speed February 2016 Collection

Basic old-age insurance, health insurance, and subsistence allowance standards were raised.

Source: Government bilingual documents

From generation to generation, they tilled land for landlord only to eke out a bare subsistence.

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

Rural subsistence was suddenly an advantage, and people knew it.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

If I'm Cup' ik, subsistence is mine.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American February 2023 Compilation

He's a subsistence farmer living from hand to mouth.

Source: Environment and Science

But the subsistence lifestyle and the tight-knit community have kept her.

Source: PBS Interview Social Series

So subsistence living was our only opportunity to have anything as ours.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

So, subsistence living was our only opportunity to have anything as artists.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

A couple million years ago, the ancestors of modern humans lived a subsistence lifestyle.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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