survive in Finnish
survive in Finnish is selviytyä, jäädä eloon, jäädä henkiin — survive means to stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
survive in Finnish
selviytyä
jäädä eloon
jäädä henkiin
selviytyä
(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
jäädä eloon
(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
jäädä henkiin
(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
selvitä
(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
elää kauemmin
(transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
elää pitempään
(transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
What does "survive" mean?
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verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
"Only a handful of passengers survived the shipwreck."
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verb To continue to exist, especially after something might have destroyed it.
"Very few handwritten letters from that era have survived."
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verb To live longer than someone else; to outlive them.
"He was survived by his wife and three children."
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survive in a sentence
- Only a handful of passengers survived the shipwreck.
- She survived two rounds of chemotherapy.
- Very few handwritten letters from that era have survived.
- The old oak tree survived the storm that flattened the rest of the wood.
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What is "survive" in Finnish?
"survive" in Finnish is selviytyä, jäädä eloon, jäädä henkiin. survive means: To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
How do you use "survive" in a sentence?
Example: "Only a handful of passengers survived the shipwreck." In Finnish, "survive" is selviytyä, jäädä eloon, jäädä henkiin.
Are there other ways to say "survive" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 6 translations listed for "survive": selviytyä, jäädä eloon, jäädä henkiin, selvitä, elää kauemmin, elää pitempään.
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