sustenance

CEFRC1

/ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Food, drink, or other support needed to live.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something that provides support or nourishment.

Examples

  • Tom kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family.

  • It was a source of sustenance.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

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In context

  • More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English sustenaunce, from Old French sustenance, from sustenir with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Compare also Late Latin sustinentia. Equivalent to sustain + -ance.