"survive" meaning in English

See survive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /səˈvaɪv/ [UK], /sɚˈvaɪv/ [US] Audio: en-us-survive.ogg [US] Forms: survive [canonical], survives [third-person, singular], survived [past], survived [past, participle], surviving [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|surviv|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you survive something, you experience it and you did not die.
    Sense id: simple-survive-en-verb-XF3nQKWD
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          "text": "They survived the war but died two years later."
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        },
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          "text": "I went to a lecture on surviving in dangerous situations."
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