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survive
Meaning: to continue living or existing, especially through hardship or danger
survive in a sentence
How survive is used in real sentences:
Few of the original seedlings managed to survive the unusually dry summer.
When the ferry's engine failed miles from shore, the stranded passengers had to survive the freezing night by huddling together under emergency blankets.
“To survive the afternoon, everyone drinks water and rests under the canvas.”
— from the passage Secrets of Red Mesa
Synonyms for survive
Other words for survive — endure, persist and outlast — carry the same meaning.
- endure
- persist
- outlast
Antonyms of survive
Words that mean the opposite of survive:
- perish
- die
- succumb
Where it comes from
From Latin super- 'over' + vivere 'to live'
Word parts
- super/sur — over, beyond
survive: sur- (beyond) + viv (live) - vit/viv — life, alive
survive: sur- (beyond) + viv (live)
Memory hook
SURVIVE — SUPER (over/beyond) + VIVE (live) — to live beyond a danger.