The meaning of SURVIVE is to remain alive or in existence : live on. How to use survive in a sentence.

SURVIVE definition: 1. to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after…. Learn more.

1. to remain alive, as after the death of another or the occurrence of some event; continue to live. 2. to remain or continue in existence or use. 3. to continue to function or manage in spite of …

If you survive in difficult circumstances, you manage to live or continue in spite of them and do not let them affect you very much.

Survive, outlive refer to remaining alive longer than someone else or after some event. Survive usually means to succeed in keeping alive against odds, to live after some event that has …

survive definition: continue to exist after a dangerous situation. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "survive …

survive verb (LIVE LONGER) If you survive someone, you continue to live after they have died. (Definition of survive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)