survive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvaɪv/
ipa: /səˈvʌɪv/
ipa: /sɚˈvaɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: survives
form: surviving
form: survived
form: survived
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: survive
form: survive
form: survived
form: survive
form: survivest
form: survived
form: survivedst
form: survives
form: surviveth
form: survived
form: survive
form: survived
form: survive
form: survived
form: survive
form: -
form: surviving
form: survived
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.
Senses: examples: text: Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.
glosses: Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
examples: text: This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.
glosses: Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
examples: text: Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash.
text: He did not survive the accident.
text: This house has survived two hurricanes.
synonyms: overlive
glosses: To live past (a life-threatening event)
examples: text: his children survived him;   he was survived by his children
text: And for that dowrie, Ile aſſure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ſhe ſuruiue me / In all my Lands and Leaſes whatſoeuer / Let ſpecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.
ref: 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 227:
text: 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.
ref: 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: overlive
antonyms: predecease#Verb
glosses: To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
examples: text: I just know you'll get through this, because that's what survivors like you do: they not only survive but thrive.
glosses: To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
examples: text: They narrowly survived, but the heat is on.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
Related terms: word: convive
word: devive
word: revive
word: survival
word: vivid