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survive
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sur·vive  (sr-vv)
v. sur·vived, sur·viv·ing, sur·vives
v.intr.
1. To remain alive or in existence.
2. To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.
3. To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.
v.tr.
1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.
2. To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.
3. To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.

[Middle English surviven, from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervvere : super-, super- + vvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

sur·vivor n.

survive
Verb
[-viving, -vived]
1.
a. to continue to live or exist
b. to continue to live or exist after (a passage of time or a difficult or dangerous experience)
2. to live after the death of (another) [Old French sourvivre]
survivor n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.survive - 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?"
live, be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
subsist, exist, survive, live - 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"
hold water, stand up, hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
perennate - survive from season to season, of plants
live out - live out one's life; live to the end
2.survive - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
3.survive - 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"
breathe - be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
freewheel, drift - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - 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?"
4.survive - live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"

survive
verb 1. remain alive, live, pull through, last, exist, live on, endure, hold out, subsist, keep body and soul together (informal) be extant, fight for your life, keep your head above water
verb 2. continue, last, live on, pull through
verb 3. live longer than, outlive, outlast
Translations
Spanish survive [səˈvaɪv] visobrevivir; [custom etc] → perdurar
vtsobrevivir a

French survive [səˈvaɪv] visurvivre; [custom etc] → subsister
vt [+ accident etc] → survivre à, réchapper de [+ person]; survivre à

German survive [səˈvaɪv] viüberleben;
(custom etc) → weiter bestehen
vtüberleben

Italian survive [səˈvaɪv] visopravvivere
vtsopravvivere a

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