survive
//səˈvaɪv//
Forms
- present (v1)
- survive
- past (v2)
- survived
- past participle (v3)
- survived
- present participle
- surviving
- 3rd person singular
- survives
Definitions
1.Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.
2.Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.
3.To live past (a life-threatening event)
- He did not survive the accident.
- This house has survived two hurricanes.
- Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash.
4.To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
- I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.
- Jones is survived by his second wife, Anna (nee Söderström), whom he married in 2012, and their daughter, Siri; and by Bill and Sally, the children of his first marriage, to Alison Telfer, which ended in divorce.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1461
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervīvere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”).
See vivid.
Compare devive, revive.