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Survive

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

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Verb group 14

Be 84% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Be 84% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Endure 84% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Endure 84% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Exist 84% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Exist 84% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Go 84% connected

Gone.

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Go 84% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Subsist 84% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Subsist 84% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Defeat 76% connected

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overcome 76% connected

of Overcome

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Breathe 76% connected

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Survival 74% connected

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Survival 74% connected

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Survivor 74% connected

One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Survivor 74% connected

One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 5

Be 72% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Convalesce 72% connected

To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

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Live 72% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recover 72% connected

To cover again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recuperate 72% connected

To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See also 2

Synonym 8

Endure 92% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Exist 92% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Go 92% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Last 92% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Live 92% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Outlast 92% connected

To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outlive 92% connected

To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Subsist 92% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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