survivability
- noun
- /sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti/
- You'll have better survivability against nearly any disease or issue or problem that life throws in front of you.
- long-term survivability
- increase survivability
- enhance survivability
But if the conclusion is true, then the very senses you're using to observe that data did not evolve for, for truth, but for survivability.
- But if the conclusion is true, then the very senses you're using to observe that data did not evolve for, for truth, but for survivability.
Examples
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Unfortunately, the survivability of the planet doesn't have that kind of time.
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In a harsh environment, his training increased his chances of survivability by teaching him how to find food and shelter.
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Also, a number of crash survivability features can be built into the design.
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And one day, its survivability is going to fly right off the charts.
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My particular type of cancer has a track record of 53% survivability at 5 years, then 31% at 10.
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Gentlemen, our strategic bomber force is under attack from those who question its survivability in a nuclear conflict.
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Historically, great cities have pushed up against the limits of survivability.
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The long-term survivability of our nation relies on new ways to deal with water shortages.
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Protesters questioned the long-term survivability of wild anadromous fish in the Pacific Northwest.
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Biosphere was perhaps best known for two missions conducted in the early 1990s, in which crews were sealed inside the enclosure to study survivability.
Synonyms
To keep living in difficult conditions
Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time
Whether a living thing can grow and survive
Strength and health that help a person or thing withstand hard conditions
Ability to stay strong and survive difficult weather or illness
Antonyms
How Likely
- Literature
Surface Forms
Morphology
survivability = survivable (transparent) = survive + able + ity
The noun is a regular, easily interpretable formation from 'survivable' plus '-ity', referring to the quality or degree of being survivable.
Etymology
Survivability comes from the parts sur- meaning 'over' and a root like vivere meaning 'to live', the same root you see in survive and survival. So survivability is about how well someone or something can 'live on' or keep working after danger or hard times.