SURVIVE


Meaning of SURVIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə(r)vaɪv ]

( survives, surviving, survived)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die.

...the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours...

Those organisms that are that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive...

Drugs that dissolve blood clots can help people survive heart attacks.

VERB : V , V , V n

2.

If you survive in difficult circumstances, you manage to live or continue in spite of them and do not let them affect you very much.

...people who are struggling to survive without jobs...

...a man who had survived his share of boardroom coups.

VERB : V , V n

3.

If something survives , it continues to exist even after being in a dangerous situation or existing for a long time.

When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive...

The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.

VERB : V , V n

4.

If you survive someone, you continue to live after they have died.

Most women will survive their spouses...

VERB : V n

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