Definitions for Survival
sərˈvaɪ vəlsur·vival

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.8 / 5 votes

1. survival, endurancenoun

   a state of surviving; remaining alive

2. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selectionnoun

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

3. survivalnoun

   something that survives

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. survivalnoun

   The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

   His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.

2. survivalnoun

   (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.

   His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Survival

   Survival, or the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things (or, hypothetically, any sentient being), to physical object, and to abstract things such as beliefs or ideas. Living things generally have a self-preservation instinct to survive, while objects intended for use in harsh conditions are designed for survivability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Survivalnoun

   a living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving

2. Survivalnoun

   any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known

3. Etymology: [From Survive.]

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1. Survival

   Survival is the fourth and final serial of the 26th season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three parts, weekly, from 22 November to 6 December 1989. It was the final story of the original 26-year run of the series to be transmitted on BBC One, marking the final regular television appearance of Anthony Ainley as the Master and of Sophie Aldred as Ace. It is also the last to entirely feature Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Survival

   Continuance of life or existence especially under adverse conditions; includes methods and philosophy of survival.

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Life
   • Natural Process

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Survival' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3122

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Survival' in Nouns Frequency: #1336

How to pronounce Survival?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Survival in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Survival in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Survival in a Sentence

1. Michael Reardon:

   We did really good surgery and at two years there was a survival advantage (for TAVR) that was highly statistically significant.

2. Sanjay Kulkarni:

   The longer people are on dialysis before they have a transplant, the worse their survival, so if you have a living donor, instead of waiting five years for a compatible donor, if you can get a transplant from an incompatible donor in a couple of months, this paper suggests that that is beneficial, despite the fact that they have a higher rate of rejection.

3. Jane Wagner:

   Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.

4. Margrit Gabriele Müller:

   In Europe and America, falconry is a sport. But here in the Emirates, falconry was traditionally a means to hunt meat, life was very difficult in the desert and falcons were essential to the survival of Bedouin families.

5. Desmond Morris:

   We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.

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