survive
to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
to remain or continue in existence or use: Ancient farming methods still survive in the Middle East.
to get along or remain healthy, happy, and unaffected in spite of some occurrence: She's surviving after the divorce.
to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him. He survived the operation.
to endure or live through (an affliction, adversity, misery, etc.): She's survived two divorces.
Origin of survive
1synonym study For survive
Other words for survive
Other words from survive
- self-sur·viv·ing, adjective
- un·sur·vived, adjective
- un·sur·viv·ing, adjective
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How to use survive in a sentence
His correspondence, much of which survives, is that of an incisive and articulate observer.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs for Ready for Hillary, it now survives in a sort of suspended animation.
Team Clinton Prepares for the Other Side of If | David Freedlander | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomehow this guy survives, alternately running into the nearby water and charging at the lions.
Cumberbatch Impressions, Dad Sings ‘Blackbird’ to Dying Son, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOr maybe Ford suggests Frank is onto an old, now unpopular wisdom: nobody and nothing survives for long.
Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe | Tom LeClair | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI think that like all real artists he spoke of matters of the spirit, of those things by which the soul of man survives.
Of this older view much still survives, and much that is ennobling.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockSolomon, and the Second Solomon, rest in their unknown graves; their wisdom is corrupted; but their genius survives in the earth.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayOn the death of a husband owning a homestead the right survives to the widow, and usually to the minor children.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThough feudalism as a form of government is no longer fashionable, it still survives in spirit.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianIf he survives, he gets horribly, brutally drunk, and possibly does some mischief before he recovers.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
British Dictionary definitions for survive
/ (səˈvaɪv) /
(tr) to live after the death of (another): he survived his wife by 12 years
to continue in existence or use after (a passage of time, an adversity, etc)
informal to endure (something): I don't know how I survive such an awful job
Origin of survive
1Derived forms of survive
- survivable, adjective
- survivability, noun
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