Survival - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment (syn: selection)
- something that survives
Extra examples
The refugees depend on foreign aid for their survival.
Small businesses are fighting for survival.
Illegal hunting is threatening the survival of the species.
The doctors gave him a one-in-ten chance of survival.
A lot of small companies are having to fight for survival (=work hard in order to continue to exist).
This operation will greatly improve her chances of survival.
Overfishing threatens the survival of certain fish species.
He has a strong survival instinct.
The movie tells an incredible story of survival.
...a social philosopher who discountenanced all programs for helping the needy, claiming that society should encourage survival of the fittest...
...a survival course in which you learn which wild plants are eatable...
The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.
...observing how the survival techniques of primates vary with the ambient...
...completing the survival course is largely a matter of one's willingness to outbrave both the elements and the specter of total isolation...
Without a transfusion her chances of survival were slim.
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