prevail :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

v. be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

v. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

run, persist, die hard, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

conquer, overcome by conquest

v. overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

swim, master, subdue, get over, overcome, surmount

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

live, lead a life

v. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"

outgo, surpass, outstrip, outmatch, exceed, outdo, surmount

v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

surpass, stand out, excel

v. distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"

abound, exist in large quantities, be abundant, be plentiful

v. be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

go, last, hold out, hold up, live, endure, survive

v. continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

brave, weather, endure, brave out

v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

survive, outlive, outlast

v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"

stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

drive, push, tug, labor, labour

v. strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

fight, struggle

v. make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

grind, labor, labour, toil, travail, dig, fag, drudge, moil

v. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

put forward, assert

v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

insist, be insistent, be firm, take a firm stand

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

maintain, assert, asseverate

v. state categorically

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

go, run short, run low, become exhausted

v. to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

stop, cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

waver, falter

v. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

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