survive

  • 11survive — ► VERB 1) continue to live or exist. 2) continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal). 3) remain alive after the death of. DERIVATIVES survivable adjective. ORIGIN Old French sourvivre, from Latin super in addition + vivere live …

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  • 12survive — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ The frescoes have survived remarkably well. ▪ Seedlings survive better in stony soil. ▪ barely, hardly ▪ The islanders …

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  • 13survive — sur|vive W2S2 [səˈvaıv US sər ] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: survivre to live longer than , from Latin supervivere, from vivere to live ] 1.) [I and T] to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness ▪ Only 12 of the 140… …

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  • 14survive — [[t]sə(r)va͟ɪv[/t]] ♦♦ survives, surviving, survived 1) VERB 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… …

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  • 15survive — 01. She [survived] a car accident in which both her parents were killed. 02. Searchers are still looking for [survivors] of the passenger jet that crashed into the Pacific Ocean near here. 03. She had to take a short course in [survival]… …

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  • 16survive — verb 1 (I, T) to not die in an accident or war or from an illness: Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived. | survive sth: There are concerns that the refugees may not survive the winter. 2 (I, T) to continue to exist in spite of many difficulties …

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  • 17survive — sur|vive [ sər vaıv ] verb intransitive or transitive *** 1. ) to stay alive despite an injury, illness, war, etc.: Just eight passengers survived the plane crash. His doctor says it s a miracle that he survived. 2. ) to continue to exist,… …

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  • 18survive */*/*/ — UK [sə(r)ˈvaɪv] / US [sərˈvaɪv] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms survive : present tense I/you/we/they survive he/she/it survives present participle surviving past tense survived past participle survived 1) to stay alive despite an… …

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  • 19survive — /seuhr vuyv /, v., survived, surviving. v.i. 1. to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust. 2. to remain or continue in existence or… …

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  • 20survive*/*/*/ — [səˈvaɪv] verb [I/T] 1) to continue to exist or live in a difficult situation Only one of the museum s paintings survived the fire.[/ex] How does the family survive on such a small monthly wage?[/ex] 2) to stay alive after an injury, illness, or… …

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