přežívat — meaning in English

English meaning

• linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
• live verb To be alive; to have life.
• survive verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.

Senses

přežívat is used for these senses in English:

• linger (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
• live (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
• survive (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

linger — full definition

1. verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
2. verb To continue to exist or persist for longer than expected, especially before fading away.

live — full definition

1. verb To be alive; to have life.
2. verb To reside somewhere; to make one's home in a place.
3. verb To spend one's life in a particular way, or to experience life fully.
4. adj Alive, or currently active/in use (as opposed to recorded, tested, or switched off).
5. adj Broadcast or performed in real time, in front of an audience, rather than pre-recorded.

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