Read full poem →For thy predestination I'll contrive,
That three years hence, if I survive,
I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways,
Dictionary Entry
survive
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/səˈvʌɪv/Word FrequencyCommon (5.43)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
In a Sentence
“Students can use survive to explain Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive..”
Published Usage Examples
“I agree that at least it's likely that "Christianist" (should the term survive past the end of the week) is/will be (a) cast mostly in a pejorative context and (b) will be used more broadly than its current definition - that is, it will be wielded by certain individuals against all Christians with socially conservative”
“Win two out of three, and the Nittany Lions are in the first Big Ten championship game -- playing for the, ahem, Stagg-Paterno trophy, should the name survive this tumult.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Latin survivere ‘to live beyond’, from sub‑ ‘under’ + vivere ‘to live’.
Common Phrases
. survivewithout survivesurvive still
Poetry examples for “survive”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
