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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Survive" Definition

verb-intransitive

To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.
To remain alive or in existence.
To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.

verb-transitive

To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.
To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.
To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.

verb

To remain alive or in existence live on.
To continue to function or prosper.
To remain alive after the death of .
To continue to exist or live after .
To continue to function or prosper despite .

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