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Survive in a sentence

Survive | Survived | Survives

Survive meaning

  1. Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  2. Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
  3. To live past (a life-threatening event)

Synonyms of Survive

live succumb defeat overcome make it come through pull round pull through hold out hold up endure go live on last exist

Using Survive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. | Of an object or concept, to continue to exist. | To live past (a life-threatening event)
  • Useful related words include: live, succumb, defeat, overcome.
  • In the example corpus, survive often appears in combinations such as: to survive, survive the, survive and.

Context around Survive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Survive

  • In this selection, "survive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, may, four, cent, relegation, public and longer stand out and add context to how "survive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include protect and survive public information and able to survive 6 to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "survive" sits close to words such as degrees, alive and publicly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with survive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

When properly programmed any human being can survive whatever Life throws at them, survive and live. (16 words)

It's not entirely clear it's going to survive the winter much less survive the British. (17 words)

That lady may survive; I believe she is going to survive because somehow, she is the whistle blower. (18 words)

It is true that fetal reduction may involve a choice about which fetus is to survive, but singleton abortion involves a choice about whether or not a fetus is to survive, and these choices seem to be on a moral par. (41 words)

Several mixes of the track features actor Patrick Allen, who recreated his narration from the Protect and Survive public information films for certain 12-inch mixes (the original Protect and Survive soundtracks were sampled for the 7-inch mixes). (39 words)

You must remember that he was brought into the team to help survive relegation and the way things are going it doesn’t seem like he will win (help the club survive relegation). (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

However, only one in four survive for one year or more, and just over seven per cent survive longer than five years.

It's not entirely clear it's going to survive the winter much less survive the British.

You must remember that he was brought into the team to help survive relegation and the way things are going it doesn’t seem like he will win (help the club survive relegation).

Businesses do what they must to survive, and if this is a way to help a local newspaper and local journalism survive and thrive, then so be it.

When properly programmed any human being can survive whatever Life throws at them, survive and live.

But if it ends up being the 34% survive as suggested in the UK study, that seems well worth trying to do since the proportion who survive without is likely close to 0%.

That lady may survive; I believe she is going to survive because somehow, she is the whistle blower.

Small mammals did, also birds, turtles, many creatures did, and with our technology we have capability to survive the same things they can survive.

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Thus, a situation has arisen that is seeing those least able to survive the vicissitudes of life endeavouring to survive in areas that are detrimental to health, well-being, opportunity and material advancement.

A nation may survive a civil war, but no nation can survive a religious war and still remain the same.

It is true that fetal reduction may involve a choice about which fetus is to survive, but singleton abortion involves a choice about whether or not a fetus is to survive, and these choices seem to be on a moral par.

Normally, one in 1,000 turtles will survive to birth if left on their own but the conservation authority’s hatching program means one in 100 survive.

Endospores are able to survive at 100 °C for hours, although the longer the number of hours the fewer that will survive.

In those with congenital heart problems 60% survive to 10 years and 50% survive to 30 years of age.

Only around 650 lines of Sappho's work survive; of those, only one, the " Ode to Aphrodite ", is complete, and in around ten more fragments half of the original lines survive.

Several mixes of the track features actor Patrick Allen, who recreated his narration from the Protect and Survive public information films for certain 12-inch mixes (the original Protect and Survive soundtracks were sampled for the 7-inch mixes).

The recording makes extensive use of samples of the British Protect and Survive public information films on how to survive a nuclear attack.

This enables scorpions to survive long periods when deprived of food; some are able to survive 6 to 12 months of starvation.

According to him, every democracy in the world is rooted, planted and established on rule of law, saying no democracy can survive without institutions respecting the rule of law.

According to psychologist Abraham Maslow, there are five basic needs for humans to survive: the third item on the list is love and belonging; friendship, family, intimacy, and a sense of connection.

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Common combinations with survive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "survive" in a sentence?
An example: "However, only one in four survive for one year or more, and just over seven per cent survive longer than five years." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "survive" from authentic English texts.
What does "survive" mean?
Survive means: Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
What are synonyms of "survive"?
Common synonyms of "survive" include: live, succumb, defeat, overcome, make it, come through, pull round, pull through. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "survive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "survive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.