survive
/sɚˈvaɪv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
Transitive verb
verb
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.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived."
- "This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives."
- "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."
- "his children survived him; he was survived by his children"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɚˈvaɪv/
- British English: /səˈvaɪv/
Usage
Inflected Forms
survives (present, singular)
surviving (participle, present)
survived (participle, past)
survived (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
survived (first person, past)
survivest (archaic, present)
survived (past, second person)
survivedst (archaic, past)
surviveth (archaic, present)
survived (past, singular)