survival
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3.0
- noun
- /sərˈvaɪvəl/
:
supervivencia
- In the harsh wilderness, mastering skills like finding food and shelter is vital for survival.
- survival rate
- chance of survival
- struggle for survival
The thing is, can you overcome this survival instinct of comfort?
- The thing is, can you overcome this survival instinct of comfort?
- Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception.
- If we do not have that, then our own survival is is in danger.
- Do you worry about the survival of this process?
- They see this as essential to the survival of the Russian state.
- They have no hope of survival beyond beyond a few weeks or months.
- So let's start with survival and then move to prevention.
- So money and survival are so tight in your system.
- And how we can all reimagine survival as its own kind of creative act.
Examples
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None of those steps will be easy, but our survival depends on us taking them.
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Creativity in this world is key to survival.
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For the human being, the basic means of survival is reason.
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Do you worry about the survival of this process?
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If we do not have that, then our own survival is is in danger.
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Walking Far has been telling us all about survival in the desert.
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If diagnosed early, your chances of survival are much, much greater.
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Ukraine is now fighting a war of survival against a very brutal, dangerous, and powerful enemy.
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And how we can all reimagine survival as its own kind of creative act.
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But they would have needed some well-developed survival skills to thrive and avoid hypothermia.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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6.6
Whether a living thing can grow and survive
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6.0
Living on after a serious illness or hard time
Continued living after a hard time
The fact of lasting without stopping
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.1
Only animals and plants best suited to their environment survive and reproduce
How Likely
- Literature
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3.4
473
3.6
577
3.0
4
7.0
37
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Survival comes from the Latin parts super- ('over') and vivere ('to live'), the same root you see in revive. So survival means 'living on' after danger or hard times.