Usually means: Continues functioning despite adverse conditions.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word survives:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. survives: Merriam-Webster
  2. survives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. survives: Vocabulary.com
  4. Survives, survives: Wordnik
  5. survives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. survives: Wiktionary
  7. survives: Dictionary.com
  8. survives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. survives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. survives: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. survives: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See survive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (survive)

verb:  (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
verb:  (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
verb:  (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to live past (a life-threatening event); to outlast (something).
verb:  (transitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
verb:  (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
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