Survival

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of surviving.
  • n. The fact of having survived.
  • n. Something, such as an ancient custom or belief, that has survived.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
  • n. Of, relating to or aiding survival.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.
  • n. Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of surviving or outliving; a living beyond the life of another person; in general, the fact of living or existing longer than the persons, things, or circumstances which have formed the original and natural environment: often specifically applied to the case of a rite, habit, belief, or the like remaining in existence after what justified it has passed away.
  • n. One who or that which thus survives, outlives, or outlasts.
  • n. In biology, the fact of the continued existence of some forms of animal and vegetable life after the time when certain related forms have become extinct; also, the law or underlying principle of such continued existence, as by the process of natural selection: in either case more fully called survival of the fittest, and by implication noting the extinction of other organisms less fitted or unfit to survive the struggle for existence.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
  • n. something that survives
  • n. a state of surviving; remaining alive
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    natural process    action    activity    natural action   
    Cross Reference
    survival of the fittest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    outliving   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    archival    arrival    revival    rival   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    development    preservation    recovery    evolution    expansion   
     
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