survive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From French survivre < Late Latin supervivere (“‘to outlive’”) < Latin super (“‘over’”) + vivere (“‘to live’”), akin to vita (“‘life’”); see vivid. Cf. devive, revive.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

[edit] Verb

to survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
3. (transitive) To live longer than.

   He was survived by his spouse and three children.

4. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.

   He did not survive the accident.

[edit] Synonyms

• (live longer than): outlive

[edit] Antonyms

• (live longer than): predecease

[edit] Related terms

• devive
• revive
• viable
• vital
• vivid

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• survive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• survive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Verb

survive

1. First-person singular present subjunctive of survivre.
2. Third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre.