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Etymology

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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

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• (UK) IPA(key): /səˈvaɪv/, /səˈvʌɪv/
• (US) IPA(key): /sɚˈvaɪv/

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

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survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.
2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist. This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.
3. (transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event) Synonym: overlive (uncommon) Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash. He did not survive the accident. This house has survived two hurricanes.
4. (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something). Synonym: overlive (uncommon) Antonym: predecease Hyponym: postdecease his children survived him;   he was survived by his children
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:And for that dowrie, Ile aſſure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ſhe ſuruiue me / In all my Lands and Leaſes whatſoeuer / Let ſpecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand.
   • 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 227:I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.
   • 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian‎[1]:Jones is survived by his second wife, Anna (nee Söderström), whom he married in 2012, and their daughter, Siri; and by Bill and Sally, the children of his first marriage, to Alison Telfer, which ended in divorce.
5. (intransitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster. I just know you'll get through this, because that's what survivors like you do: they not only survive but thrive.
6. (intransitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league. They narrowly survived, but the heat is on.

Conjugation

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infinitive	(to) survive
present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	survive	survived
2nd-person singular	survive, survivest†	survived, survivedst†
3rd-person singular	survives, surviveth†	survived
plural	survive
subjunctive	survive	survived
imperative	survive	—
participles	surviving	survived

† Archaic or obsolete.

Related terms

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• convive
• devive
• revive
• survival (noun)
• vivid

Translations

[edit] person: continue to live

Afrikaans: oorleef Albanian: mbijeto Arabic: نَجَا (najā) Armenian: ողջ մնալ (oġǰ mnal), կենդանի մնալ (kendani mnal), ապրել (hy) (aprel), փրկվել (hy) (pʻrkvel) Asturian: sobrevivir Azerbaijani: sağ çıxmaq, sağ qalmaq (az) Belarusian: перажыва́ць impf (pjeražyvácʹ), перажы́ць pf (pjeražýcʹ) Bulgarian: преживя́вам (bg) impf (preživjávam), преживе́я pf (preživéja), оцеля́вам (bg) impf (oceljávam), оцеле́я pf (oceléja) Catalan: sobreviure (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 生存 (zh) (shēngcún), 存活 (zh) (cúnhuó) Czech: přežívat impf, přežít (cs) pf, Danish: overleve (da) Dutch: overleven (nl) Esperanto: postvivi, supervivi, transvivi Estonian: ellu jääma Faroese: yvirliva Finnish: selviytyä (fi), jäädä henkiin, jäädä eloon French: survivre (fr) Frisian: North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) auerlewe Galician: sobrevivir Georgian: სიკვდილს გადარჩენა (siḳvdils gadarčena), გადარჩენა (gadarčena) German: überleben (de) Greek: επιβιώνω (el) (epivióno) Ancient Greek: διαζάω (diazáō), περιλείπομαι (perileípomai) Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) jeikove Higaonon: naluwas Hungarian: életben marad (hu) Indonesian: sintas (id), menyintas, bertahan hidup Interlingua: superviver Irish: tar, tar slán Italian: sopravvivere (it) Japanese: 生き残る (ja) (いきのこる, ikinokoru), 生き抜く (いきぬく, ikinuku), 残存する (ja) (せいぞんする, seizon suru) Korean: 생존하다 (ko) (saengjonhada), 살아남다 (ko) (saranamda) Ladino: sovrebivir Latin: supersum (la), vivo (la), reliquus sum, reliquus sum, vitam supero, superstitem sum, supersto Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen Macedonian: преживува impf (preživuva), преживее pf (preživee) Norwegian: overleve (no) Bokmål: overleve (no) Occitan: subreviure (oc) Old English: alibban, aspedan, gedigan, nesan, oferlibban, belæfan Polish: przeżywać (pl) impf, przeżyć (pl) pf, przetrwać (pl) Portuguese: sobreviver (pt) Romanian: supraviețui (ro) Russian: выжива́ть (ru) impf (vyživátʹ), вы́жить (ru) pf (výžitʹ), пережива́ть (ru) impf (pereživátʹ), пережи́ть (ru) pf (perežítʹ), остава́ться в живы́х impf (ostavátʹsja v živýx), оста́ться в живы́х pf (ostátʹsja v živýx), уцелева́ть (ru) impf (ucelevátʹ), уцеле́ть (ru) pf (ucelétʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: преживља́вати impf, прежи́вети pf, прежи́вјети pf Latin: preživljávati (sh) impf, prežíveti (sh) pf, prežívjeti (sh) pf Slovak: prežívať impf, prežiť pf, Slovene: preživẹ́ti (sl) pf Spanish: sobrevivir (es), pervivir (es), supervivir (es) Swedish: överleva (sv) Tamil: பிழை (ta) (piḻai) Turkish: hayatta kalmak (tr) Ukrainian: пережива́ти impf (perežyváty), пережи́ти (uk) pf (perežýty), вижива́ти impf (vyžyváty), ви́жити pf (výžyty), вцілі́ти pf (vcilíty) Vietnamese: sống sót (vi) (𤯨𡄰) Yiddish: איבערלעבן (iberlebn) Zazaki: weş menden

object, concept: continue to exist

Afrikaans: oorleef Arabic: نَجَا (najā) Armenian: գոյատևել (hy) (goyatewel) Catalan: sobreviure (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 殘存 / 残存 (zh) (cáncún) Dutch: overleven (nl) Finnish: selvitä (fi), selviytyä (fi), jäädä henkiin, jäädä eloon Galician: sobrevivir German: überleben (de) Greek: επιβιώνω (el) (epivióno) Ancient Greek: δῐᾰμένω (dĭăménō) Hebrew: שרד (he) (sarád) Hungarian: tovább él, fennmarad (hu), megmarad (hu) Indonesian: bertahan (id) Latin: supersto, supersum (la), supestitem sum, vitam supero, reliquus sum, vivo (la) Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen Norwegian: overleve (no) Polish: przeżywać (pl) impf, przeżyć (pl) pf Portuguese: sobreviver (pt) Romanian: supraviețui (ro) Russian: выжива́ть (ru) impf (vyživátʹ), вы́жить (ru) pf (výžitʹ), пережива́ть (ru) impf (pereživátʹ), пережи́ть (ru) pf (perežítʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: опстати Latin: opstati (sh) Slovene: preživeti (sl), obstati Spanish: sobrevivir (es), pervivir (es) Tamil: தொடர் (ta) (toṭar) Ukrainian: вижива́ти impf (vyžyváty), ви́жити pf (výžyty) Yiddish: איבערלעבן (iberlebn)

live longer than

Afrikaans: oorleef Asturian: sobrevivir Bulgarian: надживявам (nadživjavam) Catalan: sobreviure (ca) Dutch: overleven (nl) Esperanto: postvivi Finnish: elää pitempään, elää kauemmin Galician: sobrevivir German: überleben (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: διαζάω (diazáō) Hungarian: túlél (hu) Italian: durare (it) Latin: vivo (la), vitam supero, supersto, supersum (la), superstitem sum, reliquus sum Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen Norwegian: overleve (no), leve lenger enn Polish: przeżyć (pl) Portuguese: sobreviver (pt) Romanian: supraviețui (ro) Russian: пережива́ть (ru) impf (pereživátʹ), пережи́ть (ru) pf (perežítʹ) Spanish: sobrevivir (es) Swedish: överleva (sv) Yiddish: איבערלעבן (iberlebn)

live past a life-threatening event

Afrikaans: oorleef Arabic: نَجَا (najā) Asturian: sobrevivir Azerbaijani: sağ qalmaq (az), sağ çıxmaq Bulgarian: преживявам (bg) (preživjavam) Catalan: sobreviure (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 活下來 / 活下来 (huóxiàlái), 幸存 (zh) (xìngcún), 生還 / 生还 (zh) (shēnghuán), Dutch: overleven (nl) Esperanto: travivi (eo) Finnish: selviytyä (fi), jäädä henkiin, jäädä eloon Galician: sobrevivir Greek: επιζώ (el) (epizó), γλιτώνω (el) (glitóno) Ancient Greek: ἐπιζάω (epizáō) Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) jeikove Hebrew: שרד (he) (sarád) Hungarian: túlél (hu) Italian: perdurare (it) Latin: supersum (la), vivo (la), supersto, superstitem sum, vitam supero, reliquus sum Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen Polish: przeżyć (pl) Portuguese: sobreviver (pt) Romanian: supraviețui (ro) Russian: пережива́ть (ru) impf (pereživátʹ), пережи́ть (ru) pf (perežítʹ) Spanish: sobrevivir (es), pervivir (es) Tamil: பிழை (ta) (piḻai) Zazaki: nêmerden

Further reading

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• “survive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “survive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

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• viveurs

French

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /syʁ.viv/
• Homophones: survives, survivent

Verb

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survive

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre

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