If something survives, it continues to exist even after being in a dangerous situation or existing for a long time. When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim
{f} continue to live after another has died, outlive; remain in use, continue in existence, outlast; endure, withstand
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. people who are struggling to survive without jobs a man who had survived his share of boardroom coups
support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event
If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die. the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours Those organisms that are that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive Drugs that dissolve blood clots can help people survive heart attacks