verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a custom survives (=continues to be followed)
▪ The custom of slaughtering an animal to welcome guests still survives in some areas.
a living/surviving relative
▪ As far as she knew, she had no living relatives.
survive an operation
▪ Only one person has survived an operation to implant an artificial heart.
survive an ordeal
▪ The woman survived her ordeal and identified her attacker.
survived intact
▪ His reputation survived intact.
the sole surviving/remaining member/child etc
▪ His sole surviving child, Mary, succeeded to the throne at the age of one week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
only
▪ Now six of these species only survive in captivity.
▪ The play, of course, is a dismal dramatic failure and survives only as a curiosity.
▪ I don't want to survive only on donations, but we just don't have the resources to buy much.
▪ Instead of a vacant field overgrown, the house was survived only by complete woods.
▪ Rawlings's friends and foes alike say he survived only because of the enormous popularity with which he began his rule.
▪ Many of these projects are now losing massive amounts of money and only survive with public subsidies.
▪ One could survive only by silence and a strict refusal of complicity.
▪ Even animals that normally live in warm hydrothermal waters survive only when kept chilled.
still
▪ Many of Whessoe's installations from the early years of this century still survive today and are used primarily for storage.
▪ In the whole city, it is the only factory that is still surviving.
▪ At Conques she stayed, and a beautiful shrine was made for her which still survives.
▪ Trains blow up and people still survive.
▪ Occasionally, and especially in an area of scattered settlement, buildings which still survive can be identified in the tax returns.
▪ And it is a definition still surviving even in branches of the family which Rachel Kalber has no contact with.
▪ Gervase recorded the year-by-year progress of his work, which still survives.
▪ Some, like the notable khans of Aleppo, still survive today.
■ NOUN
attack
▪ Though Karla survived the attack, she nearly died from the subsequent water-borne infection.
▪ Boris Fyodorov survived the attack and returned to accuse senior Kremlin aides of siphoning cash out of the fund.
▪ Most of the Kurdlsh villages which had survived earlier attacks were destroyed.
▪ She managed to survive the attack, climb out of the chilly water and flag down a motorist on the Embarcadero.
▪ Charlie's heart sank when he read the orders; he knew the odds against surviving two attacks were virtually unknown.
▪ And what would happen next, now that Park had survived the attack?
▪ Few animals can survive the sustained attack of this devastating army.
▪ It was now three months after Mrs Washington survived that nightmare attack.
century
▪ Some rumours, he says, have survived for centuries, merely by mutating and reappearing in a different guise.
▪ Weighing four pounds, it has survived the centuries well, still bearing traces of gilding on the brass hilt.
▪ These two forests have therefore survived into the twentieth century by a remarkable process of transformation.
▪ Yet there is a pervasive feeling that this lifestyle may not survive the next century.
▪ More than half of them have now perished and only a score or more will survive into the next century.
▪ But what of the notion that pubs won't survive into the next century?
▪ Will his reputation survive into the twenty-first century?
chance
▪ However, humanity could survive a glacial; its chances of surviving a runaway greenhouse effect are much more slender.
▪ Nobody even gave him much chance of surviving the match for the gold in Greco-Roman wrestling's super heavyweight division.
▪ Building up experience and discovering magic items gives Samson an enhanced chance of surviving the later stages of the adventure.
▪ But experts say a privatized Ikarus would have a chance to survive.
▪ He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all.
▪ The president stands a good chance of surviving multi-party elections.
▪ Your plants will need time to become really well established to give them a better chance of surviving a harsh winter.
▪ I hope it helped a little, because the chances of it surviving the winter were probably slim.
family
▪ It was not until half way through the sombre reception that doctors told Phil's anguished family he would survive.
▪ The family survived on modest means.
▪ Organisers say they hope to teach youngsters and their families how to survive the abuse and carry on with their lives.
▪ And how will the fractured Cappadora family survive this terrible event?
▪ Moreover, these traditional wisdoms of family life do not survive modern scrutiny.
▪ The families and surviving victims were seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the railroad.
▪ Its high rise flats are steeped in monotonous poverty: families survive on next to nothing, heroin is a hard currency.
▪ How the family survived, nobody knew.
ordeal
▪ Her husband's just grateful she survived her ordeal.
▪ He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal.
▪ The ants are so minute that they can dodge the rays and so survive the ordeal.
▪ Because the liquid is non-toxic, more birds are likely to survive the ordeal than if petroleum were involved, he said.
▪ Only a small percentage of the original 10, 000 minks survived the ordeal.
▪ After barely surviving her ordeal, the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.
war
▪ He moved slowly round the perimeter staring at the seven disciples who had so far survived the ungodly war.
▪ He survived two world wars only to find himself homeless in San Francisco.
▪ It was potentially extremely dangerous and although it had survived since the war it may have been very unstable.
▪ She survived the war and all the other calamities of the first half of this century in Romni.
▪ If he survived the war and should ever read these words, I hope he may resume contact after nearly fifty years.
▪ The idea we got was that the reason my father survived the war was because he took care of his body.
▪ Typical open air art exhibition - this one is in Via Francesco Sforza Milan did not survive the war intact.
▪ Primitive problems: how to survive, war, peace.
wife
▪ He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
▪ Tsongas is survived by his wife and their three daughters, Ashley, Katina and Molly.
▪ Prof Gibson is survived by his wife, Patricia, two sons, two daughters and 11 grandchildren.
▪ He is survived by his wife Denny, two sons, Curtis and Douglas, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren.
▪ He is survived by his wife, Theresa Bell, and two stepchildren.
▪ He is survived by his three wives and 14 children.
winter
▪ An established hebe may survive all but the worst winters, but a young plant may succumb to moderately severe weather.
▪ First there are infective larvae which developed during the previous grazing season and have survived on pasture over winter.
▪ How do aquatic animals survive the winter in relation to ice? 8.
▪ Tatty and faded now, it had survived hibernation through the winter.
▪ Families survive winter with a freezer full of elk steaks and deer salami.
▪ Some groups may survive the winter, once the old people have died off.
▪ It will stay there now until next May, surviving the deep winter cold in an antifreeze solution of sweet glycerol.
years
▪ Patients with chronic persistent hepatitis may, however, survive for years without histological progression.
▪ The Niagara Suspension Bridge would survive for forty-two years.
▪ In the unlikely event of it surviving for three years, it becomes mutton.
▪ It is remarkable that we have survived 43 years of marriage in such conflict.
▪ So was a labyrinthine knowledge of pop music, remnants of which have survived the years.
▪ Although the Stuart-Meredith growth charts have survived for 30 years, their usefulness in contemporary society is limited.
▪ The Richmond Meet is clearly thriving - but how did it manage to survive the lean years?
▪ For those treated in advanced stages, only one in five survives five years.
■ VERB
expect
▪ I did not expect to survive but miraculously I escaped and got out of the country.
▪ No one expects that record to survive the 2000 convention season.
▪ Earl Spencer was not expected to survive the night.
▪ Bria Coleen Hess is expected to survive if she lives another seven to 10 days.
▪ If the trend continues, only plants which thrive in such pollution can be expected to survive.
▪ She was rushed to hospital, but was not expected to survive.
▪ What we are doing is cramming more species in than we expect to survive.
help
▪ In fact, her affection for the wonderful world in which she lives has helped her survive.
▪ Uric acid production had helped this animal to survive a year-long fast without one drink of water.
▪ It's the combination of academic and social learning that will help the pupils survive and compete in the seeing world.
▪ The coyote benefits by eating the berries, and ultimately helps the plants survive.
▪ The goat's milk helped the children to survive but Boris, who grew fast, suffered.
▪ At that time, gambling helped him to survive.
▪ He says a few lordships are cursing his name because it can't be helping them to survive.
▪ This is reality, and helps us to survive on a day-to-day basis.
manage
▪ Those who were still in complete control did not manage to survive the food.
▪ The publishing executives who managed to survive during these difficult days were an increasingly rough-and-tumble bunch.
▪ She managed to survive the attack, climb out of the chilly water and flag down a motorist on the Embarcadero.
▪ The Richmond Meet is clearly thriving - but how did it manage to survive the lean years?
▪ Texas has managed to survive without a civil service system all along.
▪ In reality, few students manage to survive a full year on these sums.
▪ Unlike his predecessor, Bienvenu managed to survive his own spy scandal and its ensuing shake-up.
need
▪ Jenny was a mere servant, a working-class girl who needed his money to survive.
▪ They were what she needed to survive in the manner she wanted, causing her to emerge victoriously from nothing to something.
▪ Some companies need to downsize to survive.
▪ Indeed, he was shrewd and tough, two weapons needed to survive in the jungle that is boxing.
▪ In that sense it was like any small business borrowing the capital it needs to expand and survive.
▪ He researched what his 211 ants needed to survive, to thrive.
▪ In this way, society sustains itself and produces the type of behaviour and responses it needs to survive.
▪ The city supplies the population base the businesses need to survive, Trowbridge says, so they will stay.
struggle
▪ Significantly, the only group that assists people in waiting areas is now struggling to survive.
▪ Throughout this turmoil is the spirit of a persecuted people struggling to survive.
▪ Until peace comes to the Gulf, it will remain a society struggling to survive.
▪ It can flourish or struggle cannily to survive.
▪ Why do some companies thrive on change while others struggle to survive?
▪ Nineteenth-century irrigation pioneers were better suited to endure hardships than settlers who struggled to survive on Federal Reclamation projects after 1902.
▪ There have always been a minority of wealthy older people and a majority struggling to survive in poverty.
▪ Adults and children struggled to survive on daily bowls of beet soup and weekly pieces of bread.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Analysts expect the surviving airlines to be stronger than ever.
▪ Charles survived his wife by three months.
▪ Doctors predicted that the baby would not survive with such severe disabilities.
▪ Hannah prayed every night that her husband would survive the war.
▪ I'll show everyone I can survive as a single parent.
▪ I don't know how they expect me to survive on my salary.
▪ I don't think I could survive another year as a teacher. It's just too stressful.
▪ It's really difficult to survive on £120 a week in London.
▪ Liz Taylor has survived several broken marriages, as well as periods of drug and alcohol addiction.
▪ Many of the small, independent businesses are struggling to survive.
▪ Many Roman roads still survive today.
▪ Monroe is survived by his wife, Regina, and two sons, Stanley and John.
▪ My grandmother wouldn't survive another operation.
▪ None of our photos survived the fire.
▪ Not many of the insects survive the winter.
▪ Only 12 of the 140 passengers on the plane survived.
▪ Only a few of Leonardo's earlier paintings still survive.
▪ Our friendship has survived the bad times and has grown stronger.
▪ The Cathedral survived repeated bombings during the Second World War.
▪ The English language contains many Saxon words that have survived for over 1000 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As Mugezi struggles to survive the parental dictatorship, he finds his admiration for Amin swelling by the day.
▪ As the surviving joint tenant, Mary Tene inherits the building.
▪ Because of the nature of oceanic impacts, close observers of large impacts can not survive.
▪ Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode.
▪ Few sites that I visited had reached a point where they clearly would survive if these extra start-up funds disappeared.
▪ Noell was survived by five sons, two daughters, and his wife Elizabeth who died two weeks after his own death.
▪ They had taken professional risks, had survived personal disasters.