survive
Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
Verb 4 meanings
Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
“Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.”
Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
“This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.”
To live past (a life-threatening event)
“Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash.”
To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
“his children survived him; he was survived by his children”
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.
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SURVIVE at a glance
SURVIVE has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + V 4 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,857 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with survive
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