survive

verb

1. 1

   Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

   Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.

2. 2

   Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

   This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.

3. 3

   To live past (a life-threatening event)

   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. 4

   To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).

   his children survived him; he was survived by his children

   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.

   I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.

   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. 5

   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. 6

   Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

   They narrowly survived, but the heat is on.

Forms

past tense

survived

past participle

survived

present participle

surviving

third person singular

survives