subsist

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

Translation

vi. exist
vt. provide for

Phrases & Collocations

subsist on

subsist with

Example Sentences

subsisted on one meal a day.

he subsisted on welfare and casual labour.

the problem of subsisting the poor in a period of high bread prices.

the effect of genetic maldevelopment may subsist in chromosomal mutation.

subsisted on a diet of detective novels during his vacation.

The benevolence subsisting in her character draws her friends closer to her.

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