Antonyms for survive


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ser-vahyv
Phonetic Transcription : sərˈvaɪv


Definition of survive

Origin :
  • early 15c., "act or condition of one person outliving another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre, from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Related: Survived; surviving.
  • verb continue to live
Example sentences :
  • There are too many things which survive which ought to be killed off.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • He should survive, even if the event were indefinitely postponed.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • She could not understand how Kingozi managed to survive ten hours day after day.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Granada may yet survive, if monarch and people unite together.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I cancel the oath now, for the knowledge of it should survive his life and mine.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Fictions or realities, could they survive the touchstone of this atom of common sense?
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Of the four children who were the fruit of this marriage, but two survive.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Be mine, and wholly mine—or never, never will I survive your desertion!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It was a disgrace to lose one's sword or to survive if the leader was killed.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • If Hooker is in fault, then he ought not to survive this disaster.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Synonyms for survive

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