Meaning of "subsist" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUBSIST

From Latin subsistere to stand firm, from sub- up + sistere to make a stand.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SUBSIST

subsist  [səbˈsɪst]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBSIST

Subsist is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb subsist in English.

WHAT DOES SUBSIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Subsistence economy

"Subsistence" redirects here. For the Catholic ecclesiological doctrine of Vatican II, see "Subsistit in". A subsistence economy is a non-monetary economy which relies on natural resources to provide for basic needs, through hunting, gathering, and subsistence agriculture. "Subsistence" means supporting oneself at a minimum level; in a subsistence economy, economic surplus is minimal and only used to trade for basic goods, and there is no industrialization. In the history of the world, before the first cities, all humans lived in a subsistence economy. As urbanization, civilization, and division of labor spread, various societies moved to other economic systems at various times. Some remain relatively unchanged, ranging from uncontacted peoples, to poor areas of developing countries, to some cultures that choose to retain a traditional economy. Capital can be generally defined as assets invested with the expectation that their value will increase, usually because there is the expectation of profit, rent, interest, royalties, capital gain or some other kind of return.

Definition of subsist in the English dictionary

The first definition of subsist in the dictionary is to be sustained; manage to live. Other definition of subsist is to continue in existence. Subsist is also to lie or reside by virtue ; consist.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUBSIST

PRESENT

Present

I subsist

you subsist

he/she/it subsists

we subsist

you subsist

they subsist

Present continuous

I am subsisting

you are subsisting

he/she/it is subsisting

we are subsisting

you are subsisting

they are subsisting

Present perfect

I have subsisted

you have subsisted

he/she/it has subsisted

we have subsisted

you have subsisted

they have subsisted

Present perfect continuous

I have been subsisting

you have been subsisting

he/she/it has been subsisting

we have been subsisting

you have been subsisting

they have been subsisting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I subsisted

you subsisted

he/she/it subsisted

we subsisted

you subsisted

they subsisted

Past continuous

I was subsisting

you were subsisting

he/she/it was subsisting

we were subsisting

you were subsisting

they were subsisting

Past perfect

I had subsisted

you had subsisted

he/she/it had subsisted

we had subsisted

you had subsisted

they had subsisted

Past perfect continuous

I had been subsisting

you had been subsisting

he/she/it had been subsisting

we had been subsisting

you had been subsisting

they had been subsisting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will subsist

you will subsist

he/she/it will subsist

we will subsist

you will subsist

they will subsist

Future continuous

I will be subsisting

you will be subsisting

he/she/it will be subsisting

we will be subsisting

you will be subsisting

they will be subsisting

Future perfect

I will have subsisted

you will have subsisted

he/she/it will have subsisted

we will have subsisted

you will have subsisted

they will have subsisted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been subsisting

you will have been subsisting

he/she/it will have been subsisting

we will have been subsisting

you will have been subsisting

they will have been subsisting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would subsist

you would subsist

he/she/it would subsist

we would subsist

you would subsist

they would subsist

Conditional continuous

I would be subsisting

you would be subsisting

he/she/it would be subsisting

we would be subsisting

you would be subsisting

they would be subsisting

Conditional perfect

I would have subsist

you would have subsist

he/she/it would have subsist

we would have subsist

you would have subsist

they would have subsist

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been subsisting

you would have been subsisting

he/she/it would have been subsisting

we would have been subsisting

you would have been subsisting

they would have been subsisting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you subsist
we let´s subsist
you subsist

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to subsist

Past participle

subsisted

Present Participle

subsisting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SUBSIST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «subsist» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of subsist

continue · endure · exist · last · live · make ends meet · survive

TRANSLATION OF SUBSIST

Find out the translation of subsist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of subsist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subsist» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 自谋生计
• Translator English - Spanish: subsisten
• English: subsist
• Translator English - Hindi: निर्वाह
• Translator English - Arabic: عيشة الكفاف
• Translator English - Russian: населения находится
• Translator English - Portuguese: subsistir
• Translator English - Bengali: বাঁচা
• Translator English - French: subsistent
• Translator English - Malay: Wujud
• Translator English - German: subsist
• Translator English - Japanese: 生計を立てる
• Translator English - Korean: 존속
• Translator English - Javanese: Subsist
• Translator English - Vietnamese: còn lại
• Translator English - Tamil: ஜீவி
• Translator English - Marathi: उपजीविका
• Translator English - Turkish: geçindirmek
• Translator English - Italian: sussistere
• Translator English - Polish: utrzymują
• Translator English - Ukrainian: населення перебуває
• Translator English - Romanian: subzistă
• Translator English - Greek: εξακολουθούν να υφίστανται
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bly bestaan
• Translator English - Swedish: kunna erhållas
• Translator English - Norwegian: livnære

8 QUOTES WITH «SUBSIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word subsist.

1

George Crook

The buffalo is all gone, and an Indian can't catch enough jack rabbits to subsist himself and his family, and then, there aren't enough jack rabbits to catch. What are they to do?

2

Adam Ferguson

Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.

3

Dudley North

Nor in truth, can Forreign Trade subsist without the Home Trade, both being connected together.

4

Stacy Schiff

Reality does not easily give up meaning; it's the biographer's job to clobber it into submission. You're meant not only to tame it but to extract substance, to identify cause and axiomatic effect. You subsist on the tactical omissions, the hollow words, the oddly unconnected dots.

5

Algernon Sidney

If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.

6

Ezra Stiles

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.

7

Daniel Webster

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

8

John Winthrop

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBSIST»

Discover the use of subsist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subsist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Arcana Cælestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy ...

nal man is so distinct from the external, that the former, being prior and interior, can subsist without the latter ; but that the latter, or external man, being posterior and exterior, cannot subsist without the former. It is still further to be noted, that it is ...

Emanuel Swedenborg, 1882

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society

Food as above They can subsist upon oatmeal, potatoes, milk, and occasionally salt herrings, and tea from native herbs I think it could ; the food various They could subsist upon the food of the country, chiefly oatmeal, barley meal, potatoes,  ...

‎1886

Heavenly Arcana which are in the Sacred Scripture Or Word of ...

It was said that the internal man, because prior, can subsist without the external, because posterior, but not vice versa; for it is a universal cnnon, that nothing can subsist from itself, but from another and by another, consequently that nothing ...

Emanuel Swedenborg, 1844

The doctrine of the New Jerusalem Church concerning angels ...

former, as being prior and interior, can subsist without the latter; but that the latter, or external man, as being posterior and exterior, cannot subsist without the former. It is still further to be noted, that the internal man is what is called intellectual ...

Emanuel Swedenborg, 1829

Journal of the Statistical Society

Food as above They can subsist upon oatmeal, potatoes, milk, and occasionally salt herrings, and tea from native herbs I think it could ; the food various They could subsist upon the food of the country, chiefly oatmeal, barley meal, potatoes,  ...

‎1886

Stoicism

Instead, they say that these incorporeals subsist; they are real, but they are non- existent realities. Moreover, in certain circumstances these subsisting incorporeals are said not to subsist but to "belong". For instance, whereas the past and the ...

John Sellars, 2006

Arcana cœlestia: or Heavenly mysteries contained in the ...

external man, being posterior and exterior, cannot subsist without the former. It is still further to be noted, that it is the internal man who, in the proper sense, is called intellectual or rational, because he is in the light of heaven, in which is reason ...

Emanuel Swedenborg, 1863

Anti-Oedipus

This new alliance is something altogether different from a treaty or a contract. What is suppressed is not the former regime of lateral alliances and extended filiations, but merely their determining character. They subsist, more or less modified, ...

Gilles Deleuze, FeÌl?ix Guattari, 2004

The Civil Law in Its Natural Order

Although all these considerations seem sufficient to make the legacies subsist, when the testamentary heir renounces the succession, yet the validity of the legacies in this case may likewise be founded on another principle of equity, and  ...

Jean Domat, Luther Stearns Cushing, 1850

Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature: A Philosophical Study of ...

Aquinas regularly links subsistence and substancehood, saying, for instance, that "it is characteristic of a substance to subsist on its own" (III SENT 6.1.1.1c; and see 75.2sc). This suggests that we might come to understand subsistence by ...

Robert Pasnau, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBSIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subsist is used in the context of the following news items.

The only reason pandas can subsist on bamboo is because they're …

Scientists have already told us giant pandas spend so much of their day hanging out eating bamboo, a food they can barely digest. Now, a new study published ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»

44 lakh families subsist on casual labour

JAIPUR: The findings of 'Socio-Economic and Caste Census' (SECC) have brought to fore the poor conditions in which the rural population of the state is living. «Times of India, Jul 15»

Malls Subsist on Food, Entertainment

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – One year since Aeon Mall opened its doors, introducing the first high-end shopping mall to Cambodia, retailers are adjusting to ... «Khmer Times, Jun 15»

Missing Women Subsist On Girl Scout Cookies When Their Vacation …

Meanwhile, they subsisted on eight boxes of Girl Scout Cookies, a bag of cheese puffs and melted snow, and conserved gas. Eventually, their Ford Explorer lost ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 15»

Discover Himalaya's Outlawed Marijuana Fields

Nestled in the Himalayan foothills at an altitude of 10,000 ft. (3,000 m), entire villages and communities subsist on illegal marijuana production. These villages ... «TIME, Apr 15»

Just a little bit richer

THE villagers of Dingjiayan subsist on corn, potatoes, sunflowers and the few vegetables they grow. They sell the surplus and buy meat and a few other ... «The Economist, Apr 15»

ConAgra Foods (CAG) Upgrades Overall View, Risks Subsist

On Dec 29, 2014, we issued an updated research report on premium consumer goods firm ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG - Analyst Report). The company is one of ... «Zacks.com, Dec 14»

With Russian Tanks in Ukraine and Winter Approaching, Jews Try to …

With Russian Tanks in Ukraine and Winter Approaching, Jews Try to Subsist. With Russian Tanks in Ukraine and Winter Approaching, Jews Try to Subsist ... «Chabad.org, Nov 14»

Famine or Feast?

Is it more rewarding to subsist on broth and cold mountain treks at a German clinic for 10 days or to settle into five-course Michelin-starred meals? One writer ... «New York Times, Nov 14»

So Just How Bad Is Ramen For You, Anyway?

... you know that restaurant-served ramen is an entirely different soup game than the instant stuff on which penny-pinching college students subsist. The broth is ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»