əˈɹaɪv səˈvʌɪv sɚˈvaɪv go successfully through a test or a selection process She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now succeed in a big way; get to the top After he published his book, he had arrived I don't know whether I can make it in science! You will go far, my boy! continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) He survived the cancer against all odds