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- Dictionarysurviving/səˈvʌɪvɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. remaining alive, especially after the death of another or others: "there were no surviving relatives"
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continuing to live or exist: The rhinoceros is one of the world's oldest surviving species. Her estate was divided between her three surviving children (= those who continued to live after her death). Synonyms. extant formal. living. Opposite. extinct. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Life and living. alive. animate. blue zone. borrow.
The meaning of SURVIVING is still living after another or others have died or died out. How to use surviving in a sentence.
Someone who is still living, even after the death of another or the end of a situation or event, is said to be surviving. For example, if a person dies, the husband or wife is "the surviving spouse."
1. (of a person) continuing to live, esp after a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness. William Shakespeare's last surviving descendant. 2. continuing to exist. Due to an overall lack of surviving correspondence, Jane Austen's biographers have an incomplete picture of what her day-to-day life was really like.
to continue to live or to exist, esp. after a dangerous event: [ I ] The baby was born with a defective heart and survived for only a few hours. [ T ] The building survived the earthquake with little damage. If someone is survived by family members, those family members are still alive when that person dies:
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.
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: to survive an automobile accident.
to get along or remain healthy, happy, and unaffected in spite of some occurrence: She's surviving after the divorce. v.t. to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him.
Definition of survive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
survive. verb. /sərˈvaɪv/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] to continue to live or exist She was the last surviving member of the family. Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived. The children had to survive by begging and stealing. (humorous) “How are you these days?” “Oh, surviving.”
