Definitions for surviving
sur·viv·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. surviving, living(adj)

   still in existence

   "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Surviving

   of Survive

2. Surviving(adj)

   remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'surviving' in Adjectives Frequency: #948

How to pronounce surviving?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surviving in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surviving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of surviving in a Sentence

1. Luo Baoming:

   If it can be said that that we want to safeguard China's rights and interest in the South China Sea, fishermen, because they have been living and surviving on fishing for the past thousand years, have been proof of our rights and interests.

2. Dejen Asefaw:

   No one forces you to give your fingerprints, surviving the journey was a miracle.

3. John Garcia:

   I took it to heart, the ordeals that Actor Haing Ngor went through and Actor Haing Ngor life, losing Actor Haing Ngor wife ? I could not believe that Actor Haing Ngor would die in the streets of Los Angeles in such a horrible manner after surviving everything Actor Haing Ngor endured. Did I feel pressure ? I think pressure is an understatement. Because I took it [ personally ].

4. Chris Aronson:

   Tremendous critical support with amazing audience reaction conspires for ultimate success, having audience reaction be the same as critics is as rare as surviving on Mars.

5. Anne Bequette:

   I want to bring light to Saint John. We still need things, still need attention. We are still surviving, but we still need help.

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