Definition
Meaning of 'survive'
Meaning of 'survive' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Survive 
[ v. i.]
- To remain alive; to continue to live. [ v. i.]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. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'survive' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. survive [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- support oneself
- 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.)
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
Example in sentence:
- He survived the cancer against all odds
Meaning (3):
- live longer than
- live longer than
Example in sentence:
- She outlived her husband by many years
Meaning (4):
- continue to live and avoid dying
- 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
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