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Meaning of 'survive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Survive [ v. i.]
- To remain alive; to continue to live.
2 . Survive [ v. t.]
- To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

Meaning of 'survive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . survive [ v]
Meaning (1):
- support oneself
Example in sentence:
  • Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?;
  • he could barely exist on such a low wage;
  • Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
Meaning (2):
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
Example in sentence:
  • He survived the cancer against all odds
Meaning (3):
- continue to live and avoid dying
Example in sentence:
  • how long can a person last without food and water?;
  • One crash victim died, the other lived;
  • The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents;
  • These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America;
  • We went without water and food for 3 days
Meaning (4):
- live longer than
Example in sentence:
  • She outlived her husband by many years

Nearby Words:

sur- sura suradanni suraddition surah sural surance surangular surbase surbased

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