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survival
[ser-vahy-vuhl]
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.
survival
/ əˈɪə /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonsurvival noun
Example Sentences
Earlier onset seems linked to a better survival rate.
“Daily life is survival,” said Don Garza, a frequent spectator in Carter’s courtroom.
But it's become much more common in recent decades, in a last-ditch effort to save populations of black and white rhinos in South Africa and surrounding countries, where poaching threatens their survival.
However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the operation was necessary to "roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival".
In a statement released not long after the operation began, he said that it was a matter of Israel's survival.
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