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From Anglo-Norman survivre Old French survivre Late Latin supervivere ( “ to outlive ” ) , from Latin super ( “ over ” ) + vivere ( “ to live ” ) , akin to vita ( “ life ” ) . See vivid devive revive
survive (third-person singular simple present survives present participle surviving simple past and past participle survived
( intransitive ) live ; to remain alive .( intransitive ) exist .( transitive ) live longer than; to outlive .
His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
c. 1590–1592 (date written)William Shakespeare , “The Taming of the Shrew ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act II, scene i] :And for that dowrie, Ile aſſure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ſhe ſuruiue me / In all my Lands and Leaſes whatſoeuer / Let ſpecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand.
1817 1818 ), [Walter Scott ], chapter X, in Rob Roy. [ … ] [ … ] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. [ … ] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , →OCLC page 227 :I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.
2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian [1] Jones is survived by his second wife, Anna (nee Söderström), whom he married in 2012, and their daughter, Siri; and by Bill and Sally, the children of his first marriage, to Alison Telfer, which ended in divorce.
( transitive ) live past a life-threatening event.
He did not survive the accident.
( transitive ) ( transitive , sports ) avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league .person: continue to live
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: نَجَا ( najā )
Armenian: ողջ մնալ ( oġǰ mnal ) , կենդանի մնալ ( kendani mnal ) , ապրել (hy) ( aprel ) , փրկվել (hy) ( pʻrkvel )
Asturian: sobrevivir
Belarusian: перажыва́ць impf ( pjeražyvácʹ ) , перажы́ць pf ( pjeražýcʹ )
Bulgarian: преживя́вам (bg) impf ( preživjávam ) , преживе́я pf ( preživéja ) , оцеля́вам (bg) impf ( oceljávam ) , оцеле́я pf ( oceléja )
Catalan: sobreviure (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生存 (zh) ( shēngcún ) , 存活 (zh) ( cúnhuó )
Czech: přežívat impf přežít (cs) pf
Danish: overleve (da)
Dutch: overleven (nl)
Esperanto: postvivi supervivi transvivi
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: yvirliva
Finnish: selviytyä (fi) , jäädä henkiin jäädä eloon
French: survivre (fr)
Galician: sobrevivir
Georgian: სიკვდილს გადარჩენა ( siḳvdils gadarčena ) , გადარჩენა ( gadarčena )
German: überleben (de)
Greek: επιβιώνω (el) ( epivióno )
Ancient: διαζάω ( diazáō ) , περιλείπομαι ( perileípomai )
Guaraní: jeikove
Higaonon: naluwas
Hungarian: életben marad (hu)
Indonesian: sintas (id) , menyintas bertahan hidup
Interlingua: superviver
Irish: tar tar slán
Italian: sopravvivere (it)
Japanese: 生き残る (ja) ( いきのこる, ikinokoru ) , 生き抜く ( いきぬく, ikinuku ) , 残存する (ja) ( せいぞんする, seizon suru )
Korean: 생존하다 (ko) ( saengjonhada ) , 살아남다 (ko) ( saranamda )
Ladino: sovrebivir
Latin: supersum (la) , vivo (la) , reliquus sum reliquus sum vitam supero superstitem sum supersto
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen
Macedonian: преживува impf ( preživuva ) , преживее pf ( preživee )
North Frisian: ( Föhr-Amrum ) auerlewe
Norwegian: overleve (no)
Bokmål: overleve (no)
Occitan: subreviure (oc)
Old English: alibban aspedan gedigan nesan oferlibban belæfan
Polish: przeżywać (pl) impf przeżyć (pl) pf przetrwać (pl)
Portuguese: sobreviver (pt)
Romanian: supraviețui (ro)
Russian: выжива́ть (ru) impf ( vyživátʹ ) , вы́жить (ru) pf ( výžitʹ ) , пережива́ть (ru) impf ( pereživátʹ ) , пережи́ть (ru) pf ( perežítʹ ) , остава́ться в живы́х impf ( ostavátʹsja v živýx ) , оста́ться в живы́х pf ( ostátʹsja v živýx ) , уцелева́ть (ru) impf ( ucelevátʹ ) , уцеле́ть (ru) pf ( ucelétʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преживља́вати impf прежи́вети pf прежи́вјети pf
Roman: preživljávati (sh) impf prežíveti (sh) pf prežívjeti (sh) pf
Slovak: prežívať impf prežiť pf
Slovene: preživẹ́ti (sl) pf
Spanish: sobrevivir (es) , pervivir (es) , supervivir (es)
Swedish: överleva (sv)
Turkish: hayatta kalmak (tr)
Ukrainian: пережива́ти impf ( perežyváty ) , пережи́ти (uk) pf ( perežýty ) , вижива́ти impf ( vyžyváty ) , ви́жити pf ( výžyty ) , вцілі́ти pf ( vcilíty )
Vietnamese: sống sót (vi) (𤯨𡄰
Yiddish: איבערלעבן ( iberlebn )
Zazaki: weş menden
object, concept: continue to exist
Arabic: نَجَا ( najā )
Armenian: գոյատևել (hy) ( goyatewel )
Catalan: sobreviure (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘存 ／ 残存 (zh) ( cáncún )
Dutch: overleven (nl)
Finnish: selvitä (fi) , selviytyä (fi) , jäädä henkiin jäädä eloon
Galician: sobrevivir
German: überleben (de)
Greek: επιβιώνω (el) ( epivióno )
Ancient: δῐᾰμένω ( diaménō )
Hebrew: שרד (he) ( sarád )
Hungarian: tovább él fennmarad (hu) , megmarad (hu)
Indonesian: bertahan (id)
Latin: supersto supersum (la) , supestitem sum vitam supero reliquus sum vivo (la)
Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen
Norwegian: overleve (no)
Polish: przeżywać (pl) impf przeżyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: sobreviver (pt)
Romanian: supraviețui (ro)
Russian: выжива́ть (ru) impf ( vyživátʹ ) , вы́жить (ru) pf ( výžitʹ ) , пережива́ть (ru) impf ( pereživátʹ ) , пережи́ть (ru) pf ( perežítʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: опстати
Roman: opstati (sh)
Slovene: preživeti (sl) , obstati
Spanish: sobrevivir (es) , pervivir (es)
Ukrainian: вижива́ти impf ( vyžyváty ) , ви́жити pf ( výžyty )
Yiddish: איבערלעבן ( iberlebn )
live past a life-threatening event
Arabic: نَجَا ( najā )
Asturian: sobrevivir
Azerbaijani: sağ qalmaq (az) , sağ çıxmaq
Bulgarian: преживявам (bg) ( preživjavam )
Catalan: sobreviure (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 活下來 ／ 活下来 ( huóxiàlái ) , 幸存 (zh) ( xìngcún ) , 生還 ／ 生还 (zh) ( shēnghuán ) ,
Dutch: overleven (nl)
Esperanto: travivi (eo)
Finnish: selviytyä (fi) , jäädä henkiin jäädä eloon
Galician: sobrevivir
Greek: επιζώ (el) ( epizó ) , γλιτώνω (el) ( glitóno )
Ancient Greek: ἐπιζάω ( epizáō )
Guaraní: jeikove
Hebrew: שרד (he) ( sarád )
Hungarian: túlél (hu)
Italian: perdurare (it)
Latin: supersum (la) , vivo (la) , supersto superstitem sum vitam supero reliquus sum
Luxembourgish: iwwerliewen
Polish: przeżyć (pl)
Portuguese: sobreviver (pt)
Romanian: supraviețui (ro)
Russian: пережива́ть (ru) impf ( pereživátʹ ) , пережи́ть (ru) pf ( perežítʹ )
Spanish: sobrevivir (es) , pervivir (es)
Zazaki: nêmerden
“survive ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “survive ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC survive
first / third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre 
