survive (verb)
1survive — ► VERB 1) continue to live or exist. 2) continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal). 3) remain alive after the death of. DERIVATIVES survivable adjective. ORIGIN Old French sourvivre, from Latin super in addition + vivere live …
2survive — [c]/səˈvaɪv / (say suh vuyv) verb (survived, surviving) –verb (i) 1. to remain alive after the death of someone or after the cessation of something or the occurrence of some event; continue to live. 2. to remain in existence after some person,… …
3survive — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ The frescoes have survived remarkably well. ▪ Seedlings survive better in stony soil. ▪ barely, hardly ▪ The islanders …
4survive — sur‧vive [səˈvaɪv ǁ sər ] verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. if a business survives, it manages to continue operating, even though it is in a very difficult situation: • To survive, companies will have to focus on staff development. • The… …
5survive — verb 1 (I, T) to not die in an accident or war or from an illness: Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived. | survive sth: There are concerns that the refugees may not survive the winter. 2 (I, T) to continue to exist in spite of many difficulties …
6survive — I verb abide, be left, be spared, continue, endure, exist, last, live longer, live on, make a comeback, outlast, outlive, persevere, persist, remain, result, subsist, sustain, weather the storm associated concepts: survival of a debt, survival of …
7survive — verb (survived; surviving) Etymology: Middle English, to outlive, from Anglo French survivre, from Latin supervivere, from super + vivere to live more at quick Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to remain alive or in existence ; live on 2.… …
8survive — verb a) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. He was survived by his spouse and three children. b) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist. He did not survive the accident. Syn: outl …
9survive — verb 1) he survived by escaping through a hole Syn: remain alive, live, sustain oneself, pull through, get through, hold on/out, make it, keep body and soul together 2) the theater must survive Syn: continue, remain …
10survive — verb 1) he survived by escaping through a hole Syn: remain alive, live, sustain oneself, pull through, hold out, make it 2) the theatre must survive Syn: continue, remain, persist, endure …