- the act, state, or fact of surviving
- someone or something that survives, esp. an ancient belief, custom, usage, etc.
noun
Survival is the act of living through something life threatening.
An example of survival is someone beating cancer.
YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2018 by LoveToKnow Corp
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"survival." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival>.
APA Style
survival. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival
survival
Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"survival." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival>.
APA Style
survival. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival
survival
noun
- a. The act or process of surviving.b. The fact of having survived.
- Something, such as an ancient custom or belief, that has survived.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"survival." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival>.
APA Style
survival. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural survivals)
- 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.
- (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
- His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
Origin
From survive +"Ž -al
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"survival." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival>.
APA Style
survival. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/survival
Sentence Examples
- The natural selection process is survival of the fittest.
- His own survival was more important.
- The survival rate on wounds like that are zero.
- And that she holds the keys to the world's survival in her hands, Brady added silently.
- The tribal organization in northern Albania is an interesting survival of the earliest form of social combination; it may be compared in many respects with that which existed in the Scottish highlands in the time of the Stuart kings.
» more...