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  1. to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation: The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours. These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.

  2. /səˈvaɪv/ /sərˈvaɪv/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] to continue to live or exist. She was the last surviving member of the family. Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived. Many of these teachers are struggling to survive financially. He must betray his friend in order to survive. The children had to survive by begging and stealing.

  3. be fatally overwhelmed. type of: defeat, get the better of, overcome. win a victory over. verb. continue to live through hardship or adversity. “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”. synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on. be, live.

  4. to continue to exist after being in a difficult or dangerous situation: Only two buildings survived the earthquake. survive verb (LIVE LONGER) If you survive someone, you continue to live after they have died. (Definition of survive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of survive.

  5. /sərˈvaɪv/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] to continue to live or exist She was the last surviving member of the family. Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived. The children had to survive by begging and stealing. (humorous) “How are you these days?” “Oh, surviving.”

  6. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sur‧vive /səˈvaɪv $ sər-/ S2 W2 AWL verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived.

  7. Definition of survive. 1. as in to endure. to come safely through the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. endure. live. withstand. make it (through) be. weather. ride (out) continue. thrive. exist. outlive. outlast. persist. last. subsist. wear out. stand. hold out.

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