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- Dictionarysurvivor/səˈvʌɪvə/
noun
- 1. a person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died: "he was the sole survivor of the massacre"
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a person who continues to live, esp. after a dangerous event: He was the sole survivor of the crash. Business is bad, but she’s a survivor, she’ll deal with it. A survivor is also a person who continues to live after a close relative dies: Her survivors include two children and five grandchildren.
The meaning of SURVIVE is to remain alive or in existence : live on. How to use survive in a sentence.
a person who continues to live, esp. after a dangerous event: He was the sole survivor of the crash. Business is bad, but she’s a survivor, she’ll deal with it. A survivor is also a person who continues to live after a close relative dies: Her survivors include two children and five grandchildren.
noun. /səˈvaɪvə (r)/ /sərˈvaɪvər/ a person who continues to live, especially despite being nearly killed or experiencing great danger or difficulty. the sole/only survivor of the massacre. The plane crashed in an area of dense jungle. There were no survivors.
A survivor is someone who hasn't died: the word is used often about people who have been through a horrible experience, like a plane crash. Cancer survivors and Holocaust survivors have one thing in common: they lived through horrible ordeals and are still with us.
If you describe a person or thing as a survivor from an earlier period, you mean that they are still present or available, but other people or things from that period have died or disappeared.
a person or thing that survives. Law. the one of two or more designated persons, as joint tenants or others having a joint interest, who outlives the other or others. a person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks. Discover More.
1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years. 2. To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall. 3. To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.
noun. /sərˈvaɪvər/. a person who continues to live, especially despite being nearly killed or experiencing great danger or difficulty the sole/only survivor of the massacre The plane crashed in an area of dense jungle. There were no survivors.
SURVIVOR definition: someone who continues to live after almost dying because of an accident, illness, etc: . Learn more.
