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subsistence

/səbˈsɪst(ə)ns/

US pronunciation

American sound/səbˈsɪst(ə)ns/

səbˈsɪstəns

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

səb - ˈsɪstəns -> subsistence

Myanmar meaning

(n) တည်ရှိခြင်း။ရှိခြင်း။စားသောက်နေထိုင်ခြင်း။အသက်မွေးဝမ်းကြောင်း။

Full entry

subsist /sǝb'sÇst/ v

၁။ ~ (on sth) (fml ) အသက်ရှင်နေသည်။ He subsisted mainly on vegetables and fruit.
၂။ (fml ) တည်မြဲနေသည်။ ဆက်လက်ရှိနေသည်။ This pattern of industry still subsists in certain countries.
❏ subsistence /-tǝns/ n [U] အသက်ရှင်နေနိုင်မှု။ ဝမ်းရေးဖူလုံ မှု။ be reduced to subsistence on bread and water ❍ subsistence farming (ie farming that produces only enough food for the farmer and her or his family to eat, leaving none to sell) ❍ a subsistence wage (ie one that is only just enough to enable a worker to buy the basic necessities).
❏ subsistence crop /-tǝns krɒp/ n ဝမ်းစာအတွက် စိုက်ပျိုး သော သီးနှံ။
❏ subsistence level n [U,C usu sing ] ဝမ်းရေးဖူလုံရုံမျှ လူနေမှုအဆင့်အတန်း။
exist at/above/below (the) subsistence level.

More examples

[subsist on] : The refugees subsist on a diet of rice and vegetables.

Synonyms

manage to survive, exist, survive, live, make ends meet, keep going, keep your head above water, barely exist, be, breathe, continue, eke out a living, eke out an existence, endure, get along, get by, hang in, hang on, hang tough, just make it, last, living, make it, manage, move, remain, remain alive, ride out, scrape by, stay alive, stick it out, stick with it, sustain

Antonyms

cease, depart, die, discontinue, halt, stop

Cross references

manage to survive exist survive live make ends meet keep going keep your head above water barely exist be breathe continue eke out a living eke out an existence endure get along get by hang in hang on hang tough just make it last living make it manage move remain remain alive ride out

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