means of subsistence

collocation in English

meaningsofmeanandsubsistence

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mean
noun[S]
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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subsistence
noun[U]
uk
/səbˈsɪs.təns/us
/səbˈsɪs.təns/
the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but ...
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(Definition ofmeanandsubsistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The presumption is, of course, that the fly, deprived of its means of subsistence, died of starvation.
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This means that they had other means of subsistence in order to provide for their material needs.
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Certain groups were exempt-government officials, school teachers, and monks: interestingly, 'poverty' or 'no means of subsistence' was also a ground for exemption.
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On retirement, it must have been almost impossible to muster the means of subsistence from such a house or smaller crofter's holding.
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What means of subsistence were available to them?
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Here, the fellahin were no longer able to pursue their primary calling-that of cultivation-and had no means of subsistence for themselves or their families.
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This meant that they were in need of other means of subsistence.
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To compensate for losses in income caused by the withdrawal of male breadwinners, households had to find alternative means of subsistence.
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Vending, however, allowed individuals and families to procure some means of subsistence in the city during periods of unemployment or to supplement the household income.
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Because there is too much civilisation, too much means of subsistence, too much industry, too much commerce.
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The allotment policy depleted the land base, ending hunting as a means of subsistence.
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Destitute of the means of subsistence, he was constrained to accept a situation as teacher.
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We will suppose the means of subsistence in any country just equal to the easy support of its inhabitants.
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The constant effort towards population increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.
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The situation becomes even worse if the wife is abandoned or repudiated by her husband misyar, with no means of subsistence, as usually happens.
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Farming became a business rather than solely a means of subsistence.
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Thus, population growth tends to oscillate around its means of subsistence.
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With the fall of the aristocracy, its auxiliaries had to find new means of subsistence.
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The intentional communities have specific aims but have a variety of structures, purposes and means of subsistence.
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