survival
pronunciation
How to pronounce survival in British English:
UK [səˈvaɪvl]
How to pronounce survival in American English:
US [sərˈvaɪvl]
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- Noun:
- a state of surviving; remaining alive
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- something that survives
Word Origin
- survival (n.)
- 1590s, "act of surviving; continuation after some event," from survive + -al (2). Phrase survival of the fittest (1864) was used by Spencer in place of Darwin's natural selection.
Example
- 1. I see it as an attempt at survival .
- 2. Timing is the most critical factor for survival .
- 3. Mr berlusconi has made political survival an art , but even he now looks to be in trouble .
- 4. The survival of the eu itself would be in doubt .
- 5. Ngf is crucial to the survival of sympathetic and sensory neurons .