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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. still in existence;
- Example: "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"
- Example: "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"
[syn: surviving, living]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Survive \Sur*vive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Survived; p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving.] [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals.] To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surviving \Sur*viv"ing\, a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surviving adj 1: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: surviving, living]