English verb: survive | |||
1. | survive (stative) continue to live through hardship or adversity | ||
Samples | 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?. | ||
Examples | The business is going to survive | ||
Synonyms | endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hold up, hold water, live out, perennate, stand up | ||
Entail | be, live | ||
Verb group | be, exist, live, live, subsist, survive | ||
2. | survive (stative) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | ||
Samples | He survived the cancer against all odds. | ||
Synonyms | come through, make it, pull round, pull through | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
Entail | convalesce, recover, recuperate | ||
Antonyms | succumb, yield | ||
3. | survive (stative) support oneself | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s on something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | breathe, drift, freewheel | ||
Verb group | endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | ||
4. | survive (stative) live longer than | ||
Samples | She outlived her husband by many years. | ||
Synonyms | outlast, outlive | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Entail | be, live | ||