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sur·vive
 survive
- pronunciation:
- s
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vaIv
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verb |
| inflections: |
survived, survives, surviving |
| definition 1: |
to continue to live despite serious threat to one's life.
They had so little food that it was a miracle they survived.- similar words:
- exist
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| definition 2: |
to live or continue beyond or in spite of.
The pioneers survived a terrible winter on the prairie that year.They were lucky to survive the crash.- synonyms:
- weather
- similar words:
- endure, pull through, withstand
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| definition 3: |
to continue to exist or be in use.
This method of making cloth still survives.- synonyms:
- endure, last, live
- antonyms:
- die, disappear
- similar words:
- abide, continue, exist, hold out, persist, remain
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| related words: |
brave, cope, defy, exist, live, overcome, undergo |
| derivations: |
survivable (adj.), surviving (adj.), survivability (n.) |
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