survive
🇺🇸
/sərˈvaɪv/
🇬🇧
/səˈvaɪv/
verb
B1
To stay alive or keep existing.
After the shipwreck, they had to survive on a deserted island.
B1
To remain alive or in existence after a dangerous event.
Miraculously, she survived the avalanche that buried the village.
R
To live longer than someone or something.
He survived his brother by several years, but his health was not as good.
translation
To stay alive or keep existing.; To remain alive or in existence after a dangerous event.; To live longer than someone or something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
survives
Past
survived
Perfect
survived
Progressive
surviving