survives
Survives is the third-person singular present tense of the verb survive. It means to continue to live or exist after danger, illness, disaster, or some adverse condition, or to endure through a period of difficulty. It can also describe remaining in operation, effect, or memory after an event. The subject of the sentence can be a person, animal, plant, organization, or any entity capable of withstanding threat or hardship. The past tense is survived; the present participle is surviving; the noun forms are survival and survivor.
Etymology: Survive comes from Old French survivre, from Latin super vivere, "to live beyond" or "to live
Usage notes: In medical contexts, a patient who remains alive after a condition is said to survive;