Definition of "survive" []

• To remain alive or in existence. (verb-intransitive)
• To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood. (verb-intransitive)
• To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived. (verb-intransitive)
• To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years. (verb-transitive)
• To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I agree that at least it's likely that "Christianist" (should the term survive past the end of the week) is/will be (a) cast mostly in a pejorative context and (b) will be used more broadly than its current definition - that is, it will be wielded by certain individuals against all Christians with socially conservative views."
• "Win two out of three, and the Nittany Lions are in the first Big Ten championship game -- playing for the, ahem, Stagg-Paterno trophy, should the name survive this tumult."
• "Still, the only way for newspapers to survive is to explore, discuss and debate a wide range of ideas."