survive definition

1. continue to live through hardship or adversity
• examples: We went without water and food for 3 days
• examples: These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
• examples: The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
• examples: how long can a person last without food and water?
2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
• examples: He survived the cancer against all odds