survive

verb
/səˈvaɪv/

Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

Example

“Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.”

Other meanings

Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
“This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.”
To live past (a life-threatening event)
“Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash.”

Synonyms

last
live
live on
go
endure
hold up

Related words

cryosurvive
outsurvive
survivability
survivable
surviver
survivin
survivor
unsurvivability
unsurvived
nonsurviving
unsurviving

Example sentences

“People have to do things to survive.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Not only did they survive, but they thrived.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "super" (over).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “survive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.