Collocations for survive - verb

well (used with another adverb or in the forms ‘better’ or ‘best’)
The frescoes have survived remarkably well. | Seedlings survive better in stony soil.

barely, hardly
The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.

just (about), narrowly
I can just about survive on what I earn. | The prime minister narrowly survived a leadership challenge.

(for) long
Nobody can survive long without water.

still
Only one copy of the book still survives.

miraculously
A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25,000-volt electric shock.

somehow

struggle to
poor people struggling to survive

be able to, can/could, manage to | expect (sb/sth) to
Doctors did not expect him to survive the night.

hope to
She cannot hope to survive long in power.

be likely/unlikely to | be lucky to
Once diagnosed with lung cancer, a patient is lucky to survive for five years.

enable sb to, help sb (to)

as
Will she survive as party leader?

from
Very little has survived from this period of history.

into
Very few of the children survived into adult life.

on
They survived on roots and berries.

through
She survived through two world wars.

until
The original apple tree survived until 1911.

the only/sole surviving sb/sth
the only surviving member of her family

survive intact/unscathed
Few buildings survived the war intact.