Dictionary Entry
survive
survive is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.
- 2intransitive verb
To remain alive; to continue to live.
- 3verb
support oneself
"he could barely exist on such a low wage"
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"
- 4verb
continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"
"These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
- 5verb
live longer than
"She outlived her husband by many years"
- 6verb
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
"He survived the cancer against all odds"
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