survivor

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.

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

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sur·vivor n.

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survivor [səˈvaɪvə]

n

1. a person or thing that survives

2. (Law) Property law one of two or more specified persons having joint interests in property who lives longer than the other or others and thereby becomes entitled to the whole property

survivorship  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	survivor - one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital" subsister unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
	2.	survivor - one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Translations

survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ]

A. N (lit, fig) → superviviente mf, sobreviviente mf
the sole survivor of the 1979 cabinet → el único superviviente or sobreviviente del consejo de ministros de 1979
I'm a survivor, I'll get by → soy de los que no se hunden, me las arreglaré

B. CPD survivor benefits NPL (US) ayuda que el Estado presta a la familia de una persona fallecida

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survivor [sə^rˈvaɪvə^r] n

[disaster, accident, illness] → survivant(e) m/f
There were no survivors → Il n'y a pas eu de survivants.

[abuse] → survivant(e) m/f

(= remaining person) → survivant(e) m/f
He's the only survivor from the 1990 team → C'est le seul survivant de l'équipe de 1990.

(= remaining thing) → vestige m

(= resilient person) to be a survivor → avoir un instinct de survie très développé
She's a great survivor → Elle a un fort instinct de survie.

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survivor

n → Überlebende(r) mf; (Jur) → Hinterbliebene(r) mf; (of abuse etc) → Opfer nt; he’s a survivor (fig, in politics etc) → er ist ein Überlebenskünstler; she is the sole survivor of the winning team → sie ist die einzige noch lebende Vertreterin der siegreichen Mannschaft

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survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ] n → superstite m/f, sopravvissuto/a

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survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ] n → superstite m/f, sopravvissuto/a

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survivor → نَاجٍ člověk, který přežil overlevende Überlebender επιζών superviviente eloonjäänyt survivant preživjeli sopravvissuto 生存者 생존자 overlevende overlevende ocalony sobrevivente выживший överlevande ผู้ที่อยู่รอด hayatta kalan người sống sót 幸存者