Verb

(surviv)

Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

To live longer than; to outlive.

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

* Shakespeare

I'll assure her of / Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, / In all my lands and leases whatsoever.

* 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.’

To live past a life-threatening event.

He did not survive the accident.

(sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

Verb

(struggl)

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for'' or ''against ), to contend.

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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport

, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , passage=England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.