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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.
1. : to remain alive after the death of. he is survived by his wife. 2. : to continue to exist or live after. survived the earthquake. 3. : to continue to function or prosper despite : withstand. they survived many hardships. survivor. sər-ˈvī-vər. noun. Synonyms. ride (out) weather. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
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.
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. He was the sole survivor from that winning side.
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.
1. a person or thing that survives. 2. Law. the one of two or more designated persons, as joint tenants or others having a joint interest, who outlives the other or others.
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.
SURVIVOR meaning: 1 : a person who continues to live after an accident, illness, war, etc.; 2 : a member of a group who continues to live after other members have died.
