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1. (v.i.) survive
to remain alive, as after the death of another or the occurrence of some event; continue to live.
2. survive
to remain or continue in existence or use.
3. survive
to continue to function or manage in spite of some adverse circumstance or hardship; hold up; endure.
4. (v.t.) survive
to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of.
5. survive
to endure or live through (an affliction, adversity, misery, etc.):
She's survived two divorces.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < MF survivre < L supervīvere=super-super - +vīvere to live; see sur -1, vivid)
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| Definition of 'survive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
2. (verb) survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
"He survived the cancer against all odds"
3. (verb) exist, survive, live, subsist
support oneself
"he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
4. (verb) outlive, outlast, survive
live longer than
"She outlived her husband by many years"
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1. (verb) survive
to continue to live despite danger or difficulty
No one survived the plane crash.; He has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation.
2. survive
to continue to exist despite danger or difficulty
companies that are not likely to survive the recession
3. survive
to live longer than another person
He survived his wife by just two weeks.
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| Definition of 'survive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) survive
to live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event
2. (verb) survive
to remain alive; to continue to live
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Sense: to remain alive in spite of (a disaster etc)
Few birds managed to survive the bad winter; He didn't survive long after the accident.
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 Afrikaans: oorleef |
 Arabic: يَبْقى حَيّا بَعْد كارِثَ |
 Bulgarian: оцелявам |
 Brazilian: sobreviver |
 Czech: přežít |
 German: überleben |
 Danish: overleve |
 Greek: επιβιώνω |
 Spanish: sobrevivir |
 Estonian: ellu jääma |
 Farsi: زنده ماندن |
 Finnish: jäädä henkiin |
 French: survivre (à) |
 Hebrew: לִשׂרוֹד, לְהִינָצֵל |
 Hindi: जीवित रहना, बना रहना |
 Croatian: preživjeti, preturiti (št |
 Hungarian: életben marad |
 Indonesian: tetap hidup |
 Icelandic: lifa/komast af |
 Italian: sopravvivere |
 Japanese: 生き残る |
 Korean: 생존하다 |
 Lithuanian: išgyventi |
 Latvian: izdzīvot |
 Malay: hidup |
 Dutch: overleven |
 Norwegian: overleve, leve (videre) |
 Polish: przeżyć, przetrwać |
 Persian: زنده ماندن |
 Pashto: ژوندی پاتی کیدل |
 Portuguese: sobreviver |
 Romanian: a supravieţui |
 Russian: выжить; остаться в живых |
 Slovak: prežiť |
 Slovenian: preživeti |
 Serbian: preživeti |
 Swedish: överleva |
 Thai: รอดตาย |
 Turkish: hayatta/sağ kalmak |
 Taiwanese: 活下來，倖免於 |
 Ukrainian: пережити; витримати |
 Urdu: زندہ بچ رہنا |
 Vietnamese: sống qua được |
 Chinese: 活下来，幸存，挺过 |
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