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English

Noun

The fact or act of survive|surviving; continued existence or life.
:His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
(as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
:His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.

Derived terms

Translations

fa:survival fr:survival io:survival it:survival hu:survival ja:survival ru:survival fi:survival ta:survival vi:survival tr:survival zh:survival

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Survival \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From Survive.]
1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the
existence of, another person, thing, or event; an
outliving.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Arhaeol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief,
remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often
unknown, or imperfectly known.
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The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the
study of manners and customs. --Tylor.
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Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection,
under Natural.
[1913 Webster] Survivance

WordNet survival
n 1: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: endurance]
2: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
best adapted to the environment [syn: {survival of the
fittest}, natural selection, selection]
3: something that survives

Moby Dictionary
abidingness , afterglow , afterimage , age , ancient manuscript ,
antique , antiquity , archaism , artifact , balance , butt , butt end ,
candle ends , cave painting , chaff , constancy , continuance , debris ,
defeat of time , defiance of time , detritus , diuturnity , durability ,
durableness , duration , end , endurance , eolith , fag end , filings ,
fossil , holdover , husks , lastingness , leavings , leftovers ,
long standing , long-lastingness , long-livedness , longevity ,
maintenance , mezzolith , microlith , neolith , odds and ends ,
offscourings , orts , paleolith , parings , perdurability , perennation ,
permanence , perpetuity , persistence , petrification ,
petrified forest , petrified wood , petroglyph , plateaulith , rags ,
refuse , relic , relics , reliquiae , remainder , remains , remnant ,
residue , residuum , rest , roach , rubbish , ruin , ruins , rump ,
sawdust , scourings , scraps , shadow , shavings , stability , standing ,
steadfastness , straw , stubble , stump , survivance , sweepings , trace ,
vestige , waste