survive

Survive is defined as to live beyond or remain alive in spite of something.

(verb)

An example of survive is someone living through a major plane crash.

See survive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb survived, surviving

Origin: ME surviven < OFr survivre < L supervivere < super-, above (see super-) + vivere, to live (see bio-)

intransitive verb

to continue living or existing, as after an event or after another's death

See survive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sur·vived, sur·viv·ing, sur·vives

verb, intransitive

To remain alive or in existence.
To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.
To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.

verb, transitive

To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.
To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.
To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English surviven

Origin: , from Old French sourvivre

Origin: , from Latin supervīvere

Origin: : super-, super-

Origin: + vīvere, to live; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots

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