survive
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”); see vivid. Compare devive, revive.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)
- (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
- His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X:
- ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
- (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.
- He did not survive the accident.
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Antonyms [edit]
- (live longer than): predecease
Translations [edit]
person: continue to live
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object, concept: continue to exist
live longer than
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live past a life-threatening event
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External links [edit]
- 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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survive
