Word

survive, v.
(survived, survives, surviving)
freq. cnt. 33

continue to live and avoid dying
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 63 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

endure go hold out hold up last live live on survive

sample sentences

"We went without water and food for 3 days"
"These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
"The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"
"how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The business is going to %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

verb group

live, be live, exist, survive, subsist

entailment

hyponym

stand up, hold up, hold water perennate live out

continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7

come through make it pull round pull through survive

sample sentences

"He survived the cancer against all odds"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s
The business is going to %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

verb frames

Somebody ----s
The business is going to %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

survivor survival

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

overcome, defeat, get the better of

entailment

recover, recuperate, convalesce

support oneself
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

exist live subsist survive

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

subsister subsistence

semantic pointers

verb group

live, survive, last, endure, go, hold up, live on, hold out

hyponym

breathe freewheel, drift

live longer than
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

outlast outlive survive

sample sentences

"She outlived her husband by many years"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

entailment