Verb survive has 4 senses
  1. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
    Derived form: noun survival1
    Sample sentence:
    The business is going to survive
  2. survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
    --2 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
    Antonyms: succumb, yield
    Derived forms: noun survivor1, noun survival1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    => Somebody ----s something
  3. exist, survive, live, subsist - support oneself; "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"
    Derived form: noun survival1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s on something
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. outlive, outlast, survive - live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
    Derived form: noun survivor2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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