survive
Verb (transitive):
- To continue to live or exist after the death of (another person): To live longer than someone else.
- To continue to live or exist after (a dangerous or difficult event or period): To remain alive or in existence following an adversity, accident, or threat.
Verb (intransitive):
- To remain alive or in existence: To continue to live, especially in spite of danger, hardship, or difficult conditions.
- To manage to live or function with very little: To subsist or get by on a minimal amount of resources.
Verb (transitive):
- She survived her husband by many years.
- Few buildings survived the earthquake.
- He survived a terrible car crash.
Verb (intransitive):
- The ancient tradition still survives in remote villages.
- How can anyone survive on such a low income?
- These plants cannot survive without water.
"to survive against all odds": To continue living or existing despite very low probability or extremely unfavorable circumstances.
- The small company survived against all odds during the economic crisis.
"survive on": To manage to live or function using only a specified (often minimal) resource.
- The refugees had to survive on bread and water.
Survival (n): The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of difficult conditions.
- The survival of the fittest is a key concept in evolution.
Survivor (n): A person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died.
- She was the sole survivor of the plane crash.
- Outlive: To live longer than (another person).
- Endure: To suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently; to remain in existence.
- Subsist: To maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level.
- Persist: To continue to exist, especially for longer than is usual or desirable.
- Survive on: (See "Advanced Usage" above).
- Survive through: To manage to live or exist during a particular difficult period.
- They survived through the long, harsh winter.
Survive by the skin of one's teeth: To only just manage to avoid danger or failure.
- He passed the exam by the skin of his teeth.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: An idiom suggesting that surviving difficult experiences builds resilience. (While not containing the word "survive," it is conceptually related to the outcome of surviving adversity.)
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live longer than
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She outlived her husband by many years
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support oneself
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he could barely exist on such a low wage
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Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
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Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
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continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
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He survived the cancer against all odds
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continue to live through hardship or adversity
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We went without water and food for 3 days
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These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
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The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
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how long can a person last without food and water?
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