What is "survive" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does survive mean in English? Meaning of survive definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "survive" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "survive": continue to live through hardship or adversity

Verb

  • Meaning: continue to live through hardship or adversity
  • Example: We went without water and food for 3 days These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents how long can a person last without food and water?
  • Synonyms: endure go hold out hold up last live live on survive
  • Hyponyms: hold up hold water live out perennate stand up
  • Pronunciation in US: /sɚˈvaɪv/

    Pronunciation in UK: /səˈvʌɪv/

    Meaning of "survive": continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

    Verb

  • Meaning: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
  • Example: He survived the cancer against all odds
  • Synonyms: come through make it pull round pull through survive
  • Hypernyms: defeat get the better of overcome
  • Antonyms: succumb yield
  • Pronunciation in US: /sɚˈvaɪv/

    Pronunciation in UK: /səˈvʌɪv/

    Meaning of "survive": support oneself

    Verb

  • Meaning: support oneself
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: exist live subsist survive
  • Hyponyms: breathe drift freewheel
  • Pronunciation in US: /sɚˈvaɪv/

    Pronunciation in UK: /səˈvʌɪv/

    Meaning of "survive": live longer than

    Verb

  • Meaning: live longer than
  • Example: She outlived her husband by many years
  • Synonyms: outlast outlive survive
  • Pronunciation in US: /sɚˈvaɪv/

    Pronunciation in UK: /səˈvʌɪv/

    Synonyms:

    handle, withstand, last, recover, remain, bear, keep, live, weather, exist, endure, sustain, subsist, suffer, persevere, outlast, revive, persist, outwear, outlive, carry on, come through, get on, hold out, make the cut, pull through, ride out, get through, be extant, be left, carry through, cut it, go all the way, go the limit, keep afloat, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback, pull out of it, remain alive, see through, stand up, tough it out,

    Antonyms:

    refuse, reject, discontinue, cease, neglect, depart, die, give up, leave, quit, stop,

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