- [uncountable] the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger
- the struggle/battle/fight for survival
- His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
- Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.
- Continued trade in these products is a threat to the survival of the species.
Extra Examples- Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients.
- Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.
- For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.
- He lacked the common instinct for survival.
- Here, life is a battle for survival.
- The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.
- The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.
- his survival as leader
- the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress
- In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long-term
- short-term
- continued
- …
- fight for
- assure
- ensure
- …
- chances
- rate
- skills
- …
- survival against
- survival as
- a battle for survival
- a fight for survival
- a struggle for survival
- …
- [countable] survival (from something) something that has continued to exist from an earlier time synonym relic
- The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
Idioms
See survival in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee survival in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe survival of the fittest
- the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their environment will continue to existTopics Biologyc2
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