Meaning of SURVIVE
| Pronunciation: | | sur'vIv
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- [v] support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
- [v] continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
- [v] live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
- [v] continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
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| | Synonyms: | | come through, exist, live, make it, outlast, outlive, pull round, pull through, subsist |
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| | Antonyms: | | succumb, yield | | |
| | See Also: | | be, breathe, convalesce, defeat, drift, freewheel, hold water, indwell, live out, overcome, perennate, recover, recuperate, stand up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sur*vive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survived}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Surviving}.] [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over
+ vivere to live. See {Super-}, and {Victuals}.]
To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than;
to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.
--Cowper.
I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she
survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
--Shak.
\Sur*vive"\, v. i.
To remain alive; to continue to live.
Thy pleasure, Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors. --Sir J.
Denham.
Alike are life and death, When life in death survives.
--Longfellow.
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