survive

Everyday

1. To survive means to stay alive, especially through something dangerous. tree →
2. To survive means to last through something hard and still be there: the old church survived the storm. tree →
3. To survive someone is to live longer than them. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: the part that is left after some die or are lost, like plants or fish that survived: survivors = total − lost. Science: living things need food, water, air and shelter to survive; animals adapt to survive. Safety and stories: surviving a storm, a shipwreck, a hard winter.

Examples

• Of the 30 seeds, 24 survived. tree →
• Only half of the fish survived the winter. tree →
• 3 of the 10 trees did not survive. tree →
• How many plants survived? tree →
• Camels can survive many days without water. tree →
• Everyone survived the shipwreck. tree →
• Penguins huddle together to survive the cold. tree →
• The old castle has survived for hundreds of years. tree →
• She refuses to survive him, and is buried by his side. tree →

Note

Regular: survived, surviving. Noun: survival, survivor. «Survived» marks the part that is left. Trap: «3 did not survive» gives the lost part; the survivors are total − 3.

In Jewish tradition

Maths: the part that is left after some die or are lost, like plants or fish that survived: survivors = total − lost. Science: living things need food, water, air and shelter to survive; animals adapt to survive. Safety and stories: surviving a storm, a shipwreck, a hard winter.

Examples

• It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Regular: survived, surviving. Noun: survival, survivor. «Survived» marks the part that is left. Trap: «3 did not survive» gives the lost part; the survivors are total − 3.