survive

sur·vive

Use survive in a sentence

verb

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

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

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survive

transitive verb

-·vived′, -·viv′ing

to live or exist longer than or beyond the life or existence of; outlive
to continue to live after or in spite of: to survive a wreck

Origin of survive

Middle English surviven from Old French survivre from Classical Latin supervivere from super-, above (see super-) + vivere, to live (see bio-)

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

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survive

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 of survive

Middle English surviven from Old French sourvivre from Latin supervīvere super- super- vīvere to live ; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.

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sur·vi′vor
noun

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survive. (n.d.). Retrieved January 22nd, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Survive

Verb

(third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
To live longer than; to outlive.
His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
To live past a life-threatening event.
He did not survive the accident.

Anagrams

viveurs

Origin

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive"), from Latin super (“over") + vivere (“to live"), akin to vita (“life"); see vivid. Compare devive, revive.