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Meaning of sustenance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsʌs.tə.nəns

Definitions

  1. Something that provides support or nourishment.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Something that provides support or nourishment

Equivalents

العربية المعيشة
Suomi ylläpito
Français Fondement
Gaeilge cothabháil
Galego mantenza
עברית פרנסה
Íslenska fæði matur næring
Italiano sostentamento
Latina pabulum
Русский пропитание
Türkçe geçim

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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