survive

survive
1. transitive verb
überleben
2. intransitive verb
[Person:] überleben; [Schriften, Gebäude, Traditionen:] erhalten bleiben
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verb
1) (to remain alive in spite of (a disaster etc): Few birds managed to survive the bad winter; He didn't survive long after the accident.) überleben
2) (to live longer than: He died in 1940 but his wife survived him by another twenty years; He is survived by his wife and two sons.) überleben
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- surviving
- survivor
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sur·vive
[səˈvaɪv, AM sɚˈ-]
I. vi
1. (stay alive) überleben, am Leben bleiben
to \survive on sth sich akk mit etw dat am Leben halten
2. (fig: not be destroyed) überleben, erhalten bleiben; monument überdauern; tradition fortbestehen
3. (fig: keep going) sich akk behaupten
how are you? — oh, I'm surviving (fam) wie geht's dir? — ach, ich schlag mich so durch fam
to \survive on sth mit etw dat auskommen
II. vt
1. (stay alive after)
to \survive sth accident, crash etw überleben; (fig) über etw akk hinwegkommen
2. (still exist after)
to \survive sth fire, flood etw überstehen
3. (outlive)
to \survive sb jdn überleben
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[sə'vaɪv]
1. vi
(person, animal etc) überleben, am Leben bleiben; (in job) sich halten (können); (house, treasures, book, play) erhalten bleiben; (custom, religion) weiterleben, fortbestehen

only five copies survive or have survived — nur fünf Exemplare sind erhalten

will this play survive despite the critics? — wird sich das Stück trotz der Kritiken halten?

you'll survive (iro) — das wirst du schon überleben!

he survived to tell the tale — er hat als Zeuge überlebt; (hum) er hat es überlebt (hum)

2. vt
überleben; experience, accident also (lebend) überstehen; (house, objects) fire, flood überstehen; (inf) heat, boredom etc aushalten

to survive the ages — die Jahrhunderte überdauern

he was survived by his wife — seine Frau überlebte ihn

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survive
A v/i
1. überleben (auch fig), am Leben bleiben, mit dem Leben davonkommen
2. noch leben oder bestehen, übrig geblieben sein
3. weiterleben, fortleben, -bestehen
B v/t
1. jemanden oder etwas überleben, überdauern, länger leben als:
he is survived by his wife and two sons er hinterlässt eine Frau und zwei Söhne
2. eine Katastrophe etc überleben, -stehen
3. umg aushalten, ertragen
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1. transitive verb
überleben
2. intransitive verb
[Person:] überleben; [Schriften, Gebäude, Traditionen:] erhalten bleiben
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v.
durchstehen v.
fort bestehen ausdr.
fortbestehen (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.
überleben v.
überstehen v.

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