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to survive
01
to remain alive after enduring a specific hazardous or critical event
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
survive
3rd person singular
survives
Present participle
surviving
Past simple
survived
Past participle
survived
Examples
After the plane crash, the survivors had to find shelter and food while waiting for rescue, managing to survive against all odds.
02
to continue to live or exist specifically after experiencing a particular severe event or accident
Transitive: to survive
Examples
The explorer survived the treacherous journey through the desert.
Examples
She had to survive on a very tight budget after losing her job.
04
to live longer than another person, particularly in the context of longevity or life expectancy
Transitive: to survive sb
Examples
Her grandparents survived their children and lived into their late nineties.
Lexical Tree
survival
surviving
survivor
survive
