survivors
USsur-VY-vurz/sɚˈvaɪvɚz/UKsuh-VY-vuhz/səˈvaɪvəz/
- 1Plural of survivor.
Doctors interviewed several survivors to understand the long-term effects of the illness.
Two survivors were pulled from the wreckage hours after the crash.
Note
A regular plural, formed with -s and taking plural agreement, that still carries every meaning of survivor. It can name people who came through a disaster, people who endure hardship in the figurative sense, or the people someone leaves behind at death. An of-phrase usually tells you which: survivors of the crash, survivors of the late senator.
survivors is a form of survivor
survivor, noun: A person who remains alive after a dangerous or traumatic event that others did not live through. Full entry
- Forms
- survivorsurvivors plural
- Spelling
- survivor → survivors: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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