survive

v., -vived, -viv·ing, -vives.

v.intr.

1. To remain alive or in existence.
2. To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.
3. To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.

v.tr.

1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.
2. To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.
3. To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.

[Middle English surviven, from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervīvere : super-, super- + vīvere, to live.]

survivor sur·vi'vor n.

verb

1. To exist in spite of adversity: come through, last², persist, pull through, ride out, weather. See live/die.
2. To live, exist, or remain longer than: outlast, outlive, outwear. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: continue to live
Antonyms: cease, die

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - overleve, leve videre, være bevaret, holde sig
v. tr. - overleve, komme levende ud af, leve videre, holde sig, være bevaret

Nederlands (Dutch)
overleven, nog bestaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - (lit, fig) survivre
v. tr. - (lit) survivre à, réchapper de, (fig) surmonter, survivre à (un vote), survivre à (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - überleben, erhalten bleiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιζώ, επιβιώνω, διασώζομαι, κατορθώνω να επιζήσω, ζω περισσότερο σε σύγκριση με άλλους, παραμένω, εξακολουθώ να υπάρχω

Italiano (Italian)
sopravvivere a, sopravvivere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sobreviver

Русский (Russian)
пережить, остаться в живых, продолжать существовать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - sobrevivir a, subsistir
v. tr. - sobrevivir, salir o quedar con vida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överleva, leva vidare, leva, fortleva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
活下来, 幸存, 残留, 在...之后仍然生存, 从...中逃生, 丧失, 比...活得长

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 活下來, 幸存, 殘留
v. tr. - 在...之後仍然生存, 從...中逃生, 喪失, 比...活得長

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 생존하다, 살아 남다, 오래 살다
v. tr. - 살아 남다, (험한 등정에서도) 살다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 切り抜けて生き残る, 存続する, …より長生きする, 失った後も生きる, 生き残る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبقى حيا , ينجو من‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שרד, הוסיף להתקיים, נשאר בחיים‬
v. tr. - ‮שרד יותר מ-, הוסיף להתקיים אחרי, נשאר בחיים למרות‬

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