Subsist
verb
To survive, especially on bare necessities.
He has had to subsist on welfare since losing his job.
Often appears as...
- subsist on
- subsist off
verb
To exist or continue to exist.
Her hope subsisted throughout the difficult times.
Often appears as...
- subsist throughout
- subsist within
verb
To survive, especially on bare necessities.
He has had to subsist on welfare since losing his job.
Often appears as...
- subsist on
- subsist off
verb
To exist or continue to exist.
Her hope subsisted throughout the difficult times.
Often appears as...
- subsist throughout
- subsist within
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Bare Elements
Refers to making do with the very minimum required to live, indicating hardship or simplicity.
The castaway had to subsist on coconuts and rainwater.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Thriving
'Subsist' implies a struggle to maintain life, not a comfortable or prosperous existence.
After the hurricane, many had no choice but to subsist without electricity or clean water.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-term Survival
Can suggest prolonged periods of scraping by, emphasizing continuity despite challenges.
The refugees had to subsist in the camp for several years.
Pro Tip 1/3Bare Elements
Refers to making do with the very minimum required to live, indicating hardship or simplicity.
The castaway had to subsist on coconuts and rainwater.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Thriving
'Subsist' implies a struggle to maintain life, not a comfortable or prosperous existence.
After the hurricane, many had no choice but to subsist without electricity or clean water.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-term Survival
Can suggest prolonged periods of scraping by, emphasizing continuity despite challenges.
The refugees had to subsist in the camp for several years.
Pro Tip 1/3Bare Elements
Refers to making do with the very minimum required to live, indicating hardship or simplicity.
The castaway had to subsist on coconuts and rainwater.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Thriving
'Subsist' implies a struggle to maintain life, not a comfortable or prosperous existence.
After the hurricane, many had no choice but to subsist without electricity or clean water.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-term Survival
Can suggest prolonged periods of scraping by, emphasizing continuity despite challenges.
The refugees had to subsist in the camp for several years.
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Growing Up in the...
and in a tin bath next to the fire. It was very sort of rudimentary and a great existence. My folks used to go out and catch fish, and try and subsist to a large degree. My mother had a little vegetable garden that she used to be at constant war with the wildlife. You know, fight off the porcupines
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Is the world getting...
subsisted in extreme poverty. Today, fewer than 10 percent of people do. For most of human history, the powerful states and empires were pretty much always at war with each other, and peace was a mere interlude between wars.
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Vampires: Folklore,...
and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force, they are part of my tribe. Even sparkling vampires can be included.
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Growing Up in the...
and in a tin bath next to the fire. It was very sort of rudimentary and a great existence. My folks used to go out and catch fish, and try and subsist to a large degree. My mother had a little vegetable garden that she used to be at constant war with the wildlife. You know, fight off the porcupines
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Is the world getting...
subsisted in extreme poverty. Today, fewer than 10 percent of people do. For most of human history, the powerful states and empires were pretty much always at war with each other, and peace was a mere interlude between wars.
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Vampires: Folklore,...
and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force, they are part of my tribe. Even sparkling vampires can be included.
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Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
Now air is the cause and spirit of every life and motion in the world, be it in flesh or in any of the vegetables; all whatever is hath its life from the air, and nothing whatsoever that moveth and is in this world can subsist without air.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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William Godwin
English Writer
The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.
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Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
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Daniel Webster
American Statesman
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
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Owen Feltham
British Author
There is no one subsists by himself alone.
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Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
Now air is the cause and spirit of every life and motion in the world, be it in flesh or in any of the vegetables; all whatever is hath its life from the air, and nothing whatsoever that moveth and is in this world can subsist without air.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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William Godwin
English Writer
The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.
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Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
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Daniel Webster
American Statesman
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
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Owen Feltham
British Author
There is no one subsists by himself alone.
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