survive
pronunciation
How to pronounce survive in British English:
UK [səˈvaɪv]
How to pronounce survive in American English:
US [sərˈvaɪv]
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- Verb:
- continue to live; endure or last
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- support oneself
- live longer than
Word Origin
- survive
- survive: see vivid
- survive (v.)
- mid-15c. (implied in surviving), "to outlive, continue in existence after the death of another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre), from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Intransitive sense "to live on" is from late 15c. Related: Survived; surviving.
Example
- 1. But at least that meant that they could survive .
- 2. But those that do survive are wondrous .
- 3. Playboy : why do you think they didn 't survive ?
- 4. Are children more likely to survive plane crashes ?
- 5. But not all the neurons that are born survive ; in fact , most of them die .