The meaning of survive is to remain alive or in existence : How to use survive in a sentence. See examples of survive used in a sentence.
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 threatened one: 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.
Definition of survive verb in oxford advanced american dictionary. Survive generally means to remain living or existing despite certain challenges, adversities, or difficult circumstances. To survive something is to live through it or endure it.
You can survive a car accident, or you can survive your little brother's four-hour violin recital. The verb survive is from the latin word supervivere, “live.
