Definition of survival in English:

noun

• 1The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.

  ‘the animal's chances of survival were pretty low’

  ‘he was fighting for his political survival’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He had nothing to live for, but somehow the human instinct for survival overcame all the odds.’
  • ‘What this drug hopes to offer is a better life during treatment and a higher chance of survival overall.’
  • ‘This discrepancy at birth is evened out later on, as the girl child has better instincts of survival.’
  • ‘All that's left to him is to develop his instincts for survival by making choices.’
  • ‘After a heart attack the victim's chances of survival decrease by ten per cent with every passing minute.’
  • ‘Conversely, environmental variability that affects only adult survival is predicted to lead to an increase in reproductive output.’
  • ‘The third is to ensure the long-term survival of his regime.’
  • ‘He sees this as a crucial move to ensure the longterm survival of democracy in Namibia.’
  • ‘The authors concluded that early surgical intervention is associated with improved long-term survival in patients with infectious endocarditis.’
  • ‘New laws now regulate the harvesting of herbs such as ginseng, to insure that species survival isn't threatened.’
  • ‘More chemotherapy improved overall survival compared with less chemotherapy, regardless of age.’
  • ‘Median survival in these 11 patients was 26 months.’
  • ‘Results have been highly encouraging so far, with disease-free survival in most patients.’
  • ‘Authors have advocated its practice in addition to operative debridement in improving overall survival.’
  • ‘When governments realize that their own survival depends upon such agreements, then they will accept such agreements.’
  • ‘Right now, the city's economic survival depends on attracting and retaining businesses.’
  • ‘Increased rainfall may affect nest survival positively by influencing predation rates.’
  • ‘For instance, later germination may enhance seedling survival but decrease seed yield.’
  • ‘However, emerging data suggest that graft survival after lung transplantation is set to improve.’
  • ‘He mentioned five cultural practices which are operating against the survival of our species.’

  1. 1.1An object or practice that has continued to exist from an earlier time.
     ‘his shorts were a survival from his army days’
     More example sentences

     • ‘The Reformation settlement that established particular versions of Christianity as official religions in Britain has largely worn out, except for a few anachronistic survivals.’
     • ‘One method through which this was achieved was by re-positioning the religious ritual forms as archaic survivals of a Hindu past.’
     • ‘It would be imprudent to write them off as doomed archaic survivals.’
     • ‘Throughout the 20th century, the West, to safeguard its own economic interests, supported the most backward, despotic and reactionary survivals from the past, helping to defeat all forms of secularism.’
     • ‘Have they become mere quaint antiquarian survivals?’
     • ‘Krampus is one of those quirky survivals of a pagan tradition that preceded Christianity.’
     • ‘Other cultural survivals, such as a value systems, codes of etiquette, musical styles, and an Irish recipe for the national dish called ‘goat water’ stew, are considerably more problematic as cultural legacies.’
     • ‘In many cases these rugs were created by women for their own use, and some of the most exuberant survivals are those worked in New England, particularly in New Hampshire, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.’
     • ‘The numerous survivals indicate that the image was made in this different format for popular consumption, and also that the notion of the nine stages was actively circulated during the Edo period.’
     • ‘The indigenous past was largely abandoned and forgotten, save only a few cultural survivals in language and architecture.’