Furthermore, what part of speech is survived?
survive
| part of speech: | intransitive verb |
|---|---|
| inflections: | survives, surviving, survived |
One may also ask, what do we call a person who survived? A survivor of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death. A person's survivors are the members of their family who continue to live after they have died.
Similarly, you may ask, what type of verb is survive?
(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
How do you spell survived?
"Survive" is often used as an intransitive verb, so in your case you would say "I survived." To use it as a transitive verb you would say "I survived the accident." "Survive" can be used in another way as a transitive verb, as a slightly euphemistic term for outliving a family member.
