survives
- 1Third-person singular simple present of survive.
The rare orchid survives in just a few remote mountain valleys.
Only a small fragment of the original fresco survives today.
Note
The -s form keeps every use of the verb, and the key choice is whether an object follows. Without one, it means lives on or lasts, as a fresco or a patient does. With one, it names what is come through or outlived: a storm, an illness, a brother. Sports reporting adds its own use, saying a team survives when it escapes relegation to a lower division.
The old oak survives another winter storm.
He survives his older brother by a decade.
survives is a form of survive
survive, verb: To remain alive, especially in spite of danger or hardship; to live through a life-threatening event such as an accident, illness, or operation. Full entry
- Spelling
- survive → survives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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