Surviving - English meaning

Surviving – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Remaining alive, especially after the death of another or others.
Usage examples:
There were no surviving relatives

verb
Continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship.
Usage examples:
Against all odds the child survived
Synonims:
Remain alive Live Sustain oneself Cling to life Pull through Get through Hold on Hold out Make it Keep body and soul together Continue Remain Last Persist Endure Live on Persevere Abide Go on

adjective
Continuing to live or exist
Usage examples:
The rhinoceros is one of the world's oldest surviving species., her estate was divided between her …

Surviving translation into English

Surviving: translate from English into Chinese

幸存下来

Surviving: translate from English into Dutch

Overleven

Surviving: translate from English into French

Survivant, Rescapé

Surviving: translate from English into German

Überleben, Überlebend, Rezent

Surviving: translate from English into Hindi

जीवित, उत्तरजीवी, अवशिष्ट

Surviving: translate from English into Italian

Sopravvivendo

Surviving: translate from English into Korean

생존

Surviving: translate from English into Russian

Выживший, Выживающий

Surviving: translate from English into Spanish

Sobreviviente

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervivere, from super- ‘in addition’ + vivere ‘live’.

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Surviving – similar words

survivalism

noun
The practising of outdoor survival skills as a sport or hobby.
Usage examples:
From an early age, he was obsessed with survivalism.

Survivalism - all meanings in English

survival

noun
The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.
Usage examples:
The animal's chances of survival were pretty low

noun
The state of continuing to live or to exist, esp. after a dangerous event
Usage examples:
Doctors told my wife i had a 50/50 chance of survival.

noun
The state of continuing to exist, and not to fail or be destroyed
Usage examples:
His main concern is to ensure his own political survival., the survival of the company in such diff…

Survival - all meanings in English

survivable

adjective
(of an accident or ordeal) able to be survived; not fatal.
Usage examples:
Air crashes are becoming more survivable

adjective
(of an accident or injury) very serious but not causing death

Survivable - all meanings in English

survivability

səˌvaɪ.vəˈbɪl.ə.ti

noun
The quality of being able to survive or continue to exist.
Usage examples:
The submarine is resistant to mines and depth charges for greatly improved survivability

noun
The fact of being able to survive (= to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed)
Usage examples:
It is one of the most treatable of cancers, with a five-year survivability rate of 90 percent if ca…

noun
The possibility of escaping from a particular thing without being killed or seriously hurt
Usage examples:
Each of the cars tested got stars for crash survivability, four for the best and one for the poores…

Survivability - all meanings in English

Surviving synonims

abide

verb
Accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).
Usage examples:
I said i would abide by their decision

verb
If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much
Usage examples:
I can't abide her., he abided in the wilderness for forty days.

Abide - all meanings in English

continue

verb
Persist in an activity or process.
Usage examples:
He was unable to continue with his job

verb
To keep happening or to keep doing something without stopping
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] if it continues to rain, we may have to cancel the outdoor concert., [ + to inf…

Continue - all meanings in English

endure

verb
Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
Usage examples:
It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain

verb
Undergo or be subjected to

verb
To experience and bear something difficult, painful, or unpleasant
Usage examples:
[ t ] we had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

Endure - all meanings in English

hold on

collocation
Hold firmly

phrasal verb
Grasp or support something with one's hands.
Usage examples:
It took all my strength to hold on

phrasal verb
Wait; stop.
Usage examples:
Hold on! slow down a bit!

Hold on - all meanings in English

hold out

collocation
Wait uncompromisingly for something desirable

phrasal verb
Resist or survive in difficult circumstances.
Usage examples:
The troops held out against constant attacks

phrasal verb
Have a feeling of hope or optimism.
Usage examples:
Only time will tell if the plan is successful, but i'm not holding out much hope

Hold out - all meanings in English

last

adjective
Coming after all others in time or order; final.
Usage examples:
They caught the last bus

adverb
On the last occasion before the present; previously.
Usage examples:
A woman last heard of in cornwall

noun
The last person or thing; the one occurring, mentioned, or acting after all others.
Usage examples:
The last of their guests had gone

Last - all meanings in English

live

verb
Remain alive.
Usage examples:
The doctors said she had only six months to live

adjective
Not dead or inanimate; living.
Usage examples:
Live animals

adverb
As or at an actual event or performance.
Usage examples:
The match will be televised live

Live - all meanings in English

persevere

verb
Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success.
Usage examples:
His family persevered with his treatment

verb
To try to do or continue doing something in a determined way, despite difficulties
Usage examples:
If i had persevered, i probably would have gotten the job., perseverance accounts for much of their…

Persevere - all meanings in English

persist

verb
Continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
Usage examples:
The minority of drivers who persist in drinking

verb
To continue to exist past the usual time, or to continue to do something in a determined way even when facing difficulties or opposition
Usage examples:
If the pain persists, consult a doctor., although the meeting had ended, she persisted in trying to…

Persist - all meanings in English

pull through

idiom
Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

phrasal verb
Get through an illness or other dangerous or difficult situation.
Usage examples:
The illness is difficult to overcome, but we hope she'll pull through

phrasal verb
To help someone or something to continue to exist or live after a serious problem or illness
Usage examples:
He pulled the city through a financial crisis., i didn’t think he’d survive, but he pulled through.…

Pull through - all meanings in English

remain

verb
Continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so.
Usage examples:
A cloister is all that remains of the monastery

Remain - all meanings in English

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