生き残る — meaning in English

English meaning

• survive verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
• viable adj Capable of working successfully; realistic and practical.

Senses

生き残る is used for these senses in English:

• survive (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
• viable Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).

survive — full definition

1. verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
2. verb To continue to exist, especially after something might have destroyed it.
3. verb To live longer than someone else; to outlive them.

viable — full definition

1. adj Capable of working successfully; realistic and practical.
2. adj Able to live, survive, or develop independently, as of an organism.

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