different between survive vs vivid

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??v??v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??va?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
3. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.

   His children survived him; he was survived by his children.

   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene I:

     And for that dowrie, Ile a??ure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ?he ?uruiue me / In all my Lands and Lea?es what?oeuer / Let ?pecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand.

   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X:

     ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
4. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.

   He did not survive the accident.

5. (transitive) To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault.
6. (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

Synonyms

• overlive
• (live longer than): outlive

Antonyms

• (live longer than): predecease

Hyponyms

• (live longer than): postdecease

Translations

Further reading

• survive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• survive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• viveurs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.viv/
• Homophones: survives, survivent

Verb

survive

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of survivre
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek ???? (bíos, “life”).

The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from a brand name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?v?d/

Adjective

vivid (comparative vivider, superlative vividest)

1. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
2. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
3. Full of life, strikingly alive.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

vivid (plural vivids)

1. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

Further reading

• vivid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vivid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Spanish

Verb

vivid

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of vivir.