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Subsist

🔄 Synonyms of "Subsist"

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WordDefinition
liveverb(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
existverb(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
surviveverb(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

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surviveverb(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
liveverb(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
existverb(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
subsistencenounThe act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
lingerverb(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
persistverb(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
remainverbTo continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
forceverb(transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
effectsnounproperty of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
encenoun
persistedverb(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
remainedverbTo continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
get byverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
live offverb(idiomatic, transitive) To depend on financially.
live onverb(idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing.
consubsistverb(intransitive) To subsist together.
make a livingverbTo earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.
sustainverb(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
make itverbTo succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
get alongverb(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.

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