- survive
- verbADVERB▪ well▪
The frescoes have survived remarkably well.
▪Seedlings survive better in stony soil.
▪ barely, hardly▪The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.
▪ just, just about, narrowly▪I can just about survive on what I earn.
▪He narrowly survived several assassination attempts.
▪ (for) long▪Nobody can survive long without water.
▪ still▪Only one copy of the book still survives.
▪ miraculously▪A young boy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock.
▪ somehow▪ economically, financially, politically▪Many of these teachers are struggling to survive financially.
VERB + SURVIVE▪ struggle to▪poor people struggling to survive
▪ be able to, can, manage to▪ expect (sb/sth) to▪Doctors did not expect him to survive the night.
▪ hope to▪She cannot hope to survive long in power.
▪ be likely to, be unlikely to▪ be lucky to▪Lung cancer patients are lucky to survive for five years.
▪ enable sb to, help sb (to)PREPOSITION▪ as▪Will she survive as party leader?
▪ from▪Very little has survived from this period of history.
▪ into▪Very few of the children survived into adult life.
▪ on▪They survived on roots and berries.
▪ through▪She survived through two world wars.
▪ to▪Four of their five chickens survived to adulthood.
▪ until▪The original apple tree survived until 1911.
PHRASES▪ the only surviving … , the sole surviving …▪the only surviving member of her family
▪ survive and prosper, survive and thrive▪Companies need to keep to deadlines if they are to survive and thrive.
▪ survive intact, survive unscathed▪Few buildings survived the war intact.
Survive is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑custom, ↑manuscript, ↑record, ↑relic, ↑remains, ↑species, ↑tradition, ↑victimSurvive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accident, ↑assault, ↑attack, ↑battle, ↑blast, ↑bombardment, ↑breakup, ↑cancer, ↑challenge, ↑childhood, ↑crash, ↑crisis, ↑destruction, ↑disaster, ↑downturn, ↑drought, ↑earthquake, ↑encounter, ↑explosion, ↑extinction, ↑fall, ↑famine, ↑fire, ↑hardship, ↑illness, ↑impact, ↑incident, ↑injury, ↑journey, ↑massacre, ↑nightmare, ↑onslaught, ↑operation, ↑ordeal, ↑plunge, ↑recession, ↑rigour, ↑siege, ↑storm, ↑tragedy, ↑translation, ↑trip, ↑wife, ↑wreck
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
