transcription, транскрипция: [ sə(r)vaɪvə(r) ]
( survivors)
1.
A survivor of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death.
Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash.
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2.
A survivor of a very unpleasant experience is a person who has had such an experience, and who is still affected by it.
This book is written with survivors of child sexual abuse in mind.
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3.
A person’s survivors are the members of their family who continue to live after they have died. ( AM )
The compensation bill offers the miners or their survivors as much as $100,000 apiece.
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4.
If you describe someone as a survivor , you approve of the fact that they are able to carry on with their life even though they experience many difficulties.
Above all Susie is a great survivor, with a bright, indomitable spirit.
N-COUNT [ approval ]