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noun the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
a person or thing that survives or endures, especially an ancient custom, observance, belief, or the like.
Anthropology . (no longer in technical use) the persistence of a cultural trait, practice, or the like long after it has lost its original meaning or usefulness.
adjective of, relating to, or for use in surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances: survival techniques.
Origin of survival First recorded in 1590–1600; survive + -al2
OTHER WORDS FROM survival non·sur·viv·al, noun Words nearby survival surveyor's chain, surveyor's compass, surveyor's level, surveyor's measure, survivable, survival , survival bag, survival curve, survivalist, survival kit, survival of the fittest
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Example sentences from the Web for survival With chemotherapy, her doctors give her at least an 80 percent chance of survival .
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She is using this technique, which generations of African-Americans have used for survival , for fame and profit.
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My survival no longer offers the time, but to see others expressing frustration they can barely put into words is helpful.
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James brought little in the way of survival skills, but his companionship at night raised the team morale.
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Her hold on her position at the hospital—and thus, her survival —is tenuous and she knows it.
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Under these circumstances I could not do other than accept the survival terms the Gern commander offered us.
If the belief in survival had not been already in existence these assumptions would never have been made.
A Grammar of Freethought | Chapman Cohen
The principle of the survival of the fittest had resulted in the selection of the best men from all the previous expeditions.
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Marx and Lasallis and Bradlaugh, clever as they are, can't prevent the survival of the fittest.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. | Various
The name is a survival of the idea that Columbus had found the East.
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British Dictionary definitions for survival noun a person or thing that survives, such as a custom
the act or fact of surviving or condition of having survived (as modifier ) survival kit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to survival continuity, endurance, durability, continuation, continuance, vestige, relic, remnant, remainder, natural selection