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to survive

to survive

747 2.5
Live after someone close to you has died
  • verb
  • /sərˈvaɪv/
translation icon : sobrevivir a
  • What a man, what a man to survive that, to stay alive.
  • surviving family members
  • the only surviving sibling
  • the surviving twin

Obviously in this case the teen survived and Floyd did not.

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Examples

  • The elderly man survived his wife by several years, often reminiscing about their time together.

  • Suppose I asked then, will I survive my death?

  • I go there quite often now; some old friends still survive, and there are plenty of new ones.

    Academic text (2008)

  • I wanted to say, "A man can survive on his pain if he makes that choice."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • And, you know, they broke up, she survived her cancer.

  • Unlike many others, he had survived to become an adult.

  • The people will thank the gods that they survived and serve their new master.

    The Last Legion (2007)

  • And of course, Donald survived with everything but his pride intact.

    The Glimmer Man (1996)

  • There are kids we grew up with who didn't survive like we did.

    Dr. Mayim Bialik

  • How will they survive without their North Star, their courageous leader?

    Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2024)

Synonyms

to outlive
vsto survive
61 3.4

Live longer than someone or something

has the same meaning and shows no clear difference in use
to outlast
vsto survive
32 4.4

Continue to exist longer than someone or something

focuses specifically on continuing to live after someone else dies

Antonyms

to die
∞ 1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

to perish
  • Formal
121 6.0

To die suddenly or violently, often in large numbers

How Long

to survive
747 2.5
to live on
38 3.2
to die
∞ 1.0
to predecease
  • Formal
2 8.4

Surface Forms

survive infinitive
survived past
survived past participle
surviving present participle
survives third person singular

Etymology

The word survive comes from two parts, sur- 'over' and vivere 'to live', the same 'viv' you see in revive. So to survive someone is to 'live over' them, in other words to outlive them.