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English verb: survive

1. survive (stative) continue to live through hardship or adversity


SamplesWe 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?.


ExamplesThe business is going to survive


Synonymsendure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something


Narrower (hyponym)hold up, hold water, live out, perennate, stand up


Entailbe, live


Verb groupbe, exist, live, live, subsist, survive

2. survive (stative) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)


SamplesHe survived the cancer against all odds.


Synonymscome through, make it, pull round, pull through


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)defeat, get the better of, overcome


Entailconvalesce, recover, recuperate


Antonymssuccumb, yield

3. survive (stative) support oneself


SamplesHe 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.


Synonymsexist, live, subsist


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s on something.
Somebody ----s PP


Narrower (hyponym)breathe, drift, freewheel


Verb groupendure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive

4. survive (stative) live longer than


SamplesShe outlived her husband by many years.


Synonymsoutlast, outlive


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Entailbe, live









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