subsist
🇺🇸
/səbˈsɪst/
🇬🇧
/səbˈsɪst/
intransitive verb
R
To live with just enough money or food.
Many people in the village subsist on the food they grow themselves.
R
To continue to exist or be valid.
The agreement will subsist even if one party breaks the rules.
translation
To live with just enough money or food.; To continue to exist or be valid.
Word Forms
3rd Present
subsists
Past
subsisted
Perfect
subsisted
Progressive
subsisting