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survive ( Verb)
UK /səˈvaɪv/ US /sɚˈvaɪv/
Present
survive
Ing
surviving
He/She/It
survives
Past Simple
survived
Past Participle
survived
1-
B2
continue to live
-> He must betray his friend in order to survive.
-> I don’t know how long I will survive financially with this salary.
Synonym
keep-afloat
Opposite
die
2-
B2
despite a harmful incident or period of time, to continue to live or exist
-> The company managed to survive the crisis.
-> It was a miracle for him to survive through that plane crash.
-> We cannot survive for long without food and water.
Synonym
get-through
Opposite
fail
Word Families
'survive' Contained Stories
They too are the living beings in the world ( may be even underworld) on top of humans and plants. Animals are found in every part of the world. Some live in forests. Others live in hot, sandy deserts or even underground. Their comfort zones depend upon the place they survive . Sometimes human activities can block their living conditions. For example , deforestation can break the ecosystem. Lakes, rivers and the sea. Animals can be domestic and calm as well as wild. They can be kept as pets like dog, cat and parrots for care and at the same time there are wild animals like the lion , tiger etc. All these when combined become the animal family. Some animals have gone extinct due to the conditions they survived and what surrounded them. Animals also communicate with each other . Animals are worth keeping. We don't have to worry when he have a cute pet at our home. When we have this way of thinking which is to keep pets, they are the best option. To our surprise comb jelly was the first animal to be found on earth. The natural world contains about 8.7 million species but still some are in uncertainty.