Definitions for survive

Definitions for (verb) survive

Main entry: subsist, survive, live, exist

Definition: support oneself

Usage: 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


Main entry: go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, last, endure, survive

Definition: continue to live through hardship or adversity

Usage: 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?


Main entry: survive, outlast, outlive

Definition: live longer than

Usage: She outlived her husband by many years


Main entry: make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through

Definition: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

Usage: He survived the cancer against all odds


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