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вы́жить — meaning in English

vyzhit

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English meaning

  • live verb To be alive; to have life.
  • survive verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.

Senses

вы́жить is used for these senses in English:

  • live (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  • live (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a, ship or boat) to float.
  • make it To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
  • survive (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  • survive (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

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.

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.

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