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survive
What does survive mean?
survive (verb): to continue to live; to remain alive.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce survive?
/sɚˈvaɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does survive come from?
From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervīvere (“to outlive”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to survive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “survive” mean?
to agree; to be equal; to correspond
Not quite: that's what match means.
to continue to live; to remain alive
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expose to a chance of loss or damage
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put an end to a state or an activity
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