survive
[verb]
Synonyms: remain alive, endure, last, live on, outlast, outlive

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Antonyms: perish
Contrasted words: collapse, crash, fold, fold up, go down, go under, founder, sink, close (down), close up, bankrupt, bust
Related Idioms: come out of it, live to fight again, make it through, ride out (or weather) the storm
Related Words: carry on, carry through, continue, endure, last, persist, live down, outlast, outlive, recover, revive

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sur‧vive S2 W2 AC /səˈvaɪv $ sər-/ verb
[Word Family: noun: survival, survivor; verb: survive; adjective: surviving]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: survivre 'to live longer than', from Latin supervivere, from vivere 'to live']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness:
Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived.
She survived the attack.
people who survive cancer

2. [intransitive and transitive] to continue to live normally in spite of many problems:
I’m sure she will survive this crisis.
I’ve had a tough few months, but I’ll survive.

3. [intransitive] to manage to live a normal life even though you have very little money
survive on
I don’t know how you all manage to survive on Jeremy’s salary.
the amount that a family needs each week just to survive

4. [intransitive] to continue to exist after a long time:
A few pages of the original manuscript still survive.
survive from
Several buildings in the town have survived from medieval times.
survive into
an old custom which has survived into the twenty-first century
survive as
The main building was demolished, but the library still survives as a museum.

5. [intransitive and transitive] to continue to be successful:
The car industry cannot survive without government help.
A lot of smaller firms did not survive the recession.

6. [transitive] to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you:
He is survived by his wife Sue.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

survive
verb
ADV. well (used with another adverb or in the forms better or best) The frescoes have survived remarkably well. Seedlings survive better in stony soil.
barely, hardly The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.
just (about), narrowly I can just about survive on what I earn. The prime minister narrowly survived a leadership challenge.
(for) long Nobody can survive long without water.
still Only one copy of the book still survives.
miraculously A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25,000-volt electric shock.
somehow
VERB + SURVIVE struggle to poor people struggling to survive
be able to, can/could, manage to | expect (sb/sth) to Doctors did not expect him to survive the night.
hope to She cannot hope to survive long in power.
be likely/unlikely to | be lucky to Once diagnosed with lung cancer, a patient is lucky to survive for five years.
enable sb to, help sb (to)
PREP. as Will she survive as party leader?
from Very little has survived from this period of history.
into Very few of the children survived into adult life.
on They survived on roots and berries.
through She survived through two world wars.
until The original apple tree survived until 1911.
PHRASES the only/sole surviving sb/sth the only surviving member of her family
survive intact/unscathed Few buildings survived the war intact.

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