survive
(verb)
verb
1. continue to live and avoid dying
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
Similar word(s): endure, go, last, live
Definition categories: stative
2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- He survived the cancer against all odds
Definition categories: stative, defeat, overcome
3. support oneself
Similar word(s): exist, live, subsist
Definition categories: stative
4. live longer than
Similar word(s): outlast, outlive
Definition categories: stative
Sentences with survive as a verb:
- His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
- He did not survive the accident.