survive
/sɚˈvaɪv/ verb A2- To continue to live; to remain alive. · Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.
- To continue to exist. · This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.
- To live past (a life-threatening event) · Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash.· He did not survive the accident.
- To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something). · His children survived him.· He was survived by his children.
- To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster. · I just know you'll get through this, because that's what survivors like you do: they not only survive but thrive.
- To avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league. · They narrowly survived, but the heat is on.
Plural survive · He/she/it survives · Past survived · Past participle survived · -ing form surviving
Verb forms
- Base form
- survive
- He/she/it
- survives
- Past
- survived
- Past participle
- survived
- -ing form
- surviving
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“Suppose that I were Brooks or Woodhouse, or any of the fifty men who have good reason for taking my life, how long could I survive against my own pursuit?
“My brother, Sir James, was a man of very sensitive honour, and he could not survive such an affair.
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