Definitions for sustenance
ˈsʌs tə nənssus·te·nance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victualsnoun

   a source of materials to nourish the body

2. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenancenoun

   the financial means whereby one lives

   "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

3. sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeepnoun

   the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

   "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sustenancenoun

   Something that provides support or nourishment.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sustenancenoun

   Etymology: soustenance, Fr.

   1. Support; maintenance.

   Scarcely allowing himself fit sustenance of life, rather than he would spend those goods for whose sake only he seemed to joy in life. Philip Sidney.

   There are unto one end sundry means; as for the sustenance of our bodies many kinds of food, many sorts of raiment to clothe our nakedness. Richard Hooker.

   Is then the honour of your daughter of greater moment to her, than to my daughter her’s, whose sustenance it was? Add.

   2. Necessaries of life; victuals.

   The experiment cost him his life for want of sustenance. Roger L'Estrange.

   The ancients were inventers of all arts necessary to life and sustenance, as plowing and sowing. William Temple.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sustenance

   Sustenance refers to the food and drink that a person, animal, or plant requires to remain alive and healthy. It can also refer to the maintaining of something or someone in life or existence, or the process of being sustained. Therefore, sustenance can encompass not only physical nourishment but also emotional or spiritual nourishment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sustenancenoun

   the act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life

2. Sustenancenoun

   that which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance

3. Etymology: [OF. sustenance, sostenance, soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See Sustain.]

How to pronounce sustenance?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say sustenance in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sustenance in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sustenance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sustenance in a Sentence

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know

2. Rajendra Adhvrayu:

   All the ponds, reservoirs and water bodies which earlier supplied water in areas of Tikamgarh have dried up. With no water available for irrigation, farmers have abandoned their crops and are migrating to nearby urban areas in search of livelihood and for sustenance. Life is really hard for them, the situation has never been so bad.

3. Jennifer Louden:

   I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.

4. Tom Fahy:

   Making music is voluntary. Unlike bread, we don’t require it for our sustenance. Accordingly, music shouldn’t require its pound of flesh from the would-be listener. The price of art should be set by the market, by the listener, not by a machine with political interests.

5. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sustenance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sustenance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sustenance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustenance