survive
1. continue to live through hardship or adversity (Freq. 20)
- We went without water and food for 3 days
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
- how long can a person last without food and water?
• Syn:
last, live, live on, go, endure,
hold up, hold out
• Derivationally related forms:
endurance (for: endure), survival
• Hyponyms:
stand up, hold up, hold water, perennate, live out
• Verb Group:
be, live, exist, subsist
• Entailment:
be, live
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- The business is going to survive
2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) (Freq. 8)
- He survived the cancer against all odds
• Syn:
pull through, pull round, come through, make it
• Ant:
succumb
• Derivationally related forms:
survivor, survival
• Hypernyms:
get the better of, overcome, defeat
• Entailment:
recuperate, recover, convalesce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. support oneself (Freq. 5)
- he could barely exist on such a low wage
- Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
- Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
• Syn:
exist, live, subsist
• Derivationally related forms:
subsister (for: subsist), subsistence (for: subsist), survival
• Hyponyms:
breathe, freewheel, drift
• Verb Group:
last, live, live on, go, endure,
hold up, hold out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s on something
- Somebody ----s PP
4. live longer than
- She outlived her husband by many years
• Syn:
outlive, outlast
• Derivationally related forms:
survivor
• Entailment:
be, live
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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