survival

English

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Etymology

From survive +‎ -al

Noun

survival (countable and uncountable; plural survivals)

1. The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

   His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.

2. (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.

   His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.

Derived terms

• survival value
• survival analysis
• survival rate
• survival skill
• survival kit
• survivalism
• survival of the fittest

Translations

continued existence or life

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生存 (cmn) (shēngcún)

• Czech: přežití (cs) n
• Finnish: eloonjääminen (fi), selviytyminen (fi)
• French: survie (fr)
• German: Überleben (de) n
• Irish: maireachtáil (ga)

• Italian: sopravvivenza (it) f
• Japanese: 生存 (ja) (せいぞん, seizon)
• Portuguese: sobrevivência (pt)
• Romanian: supraviețuire (ro) f
• Russian: выживание (ru) (vyživánije) n
• Spanish: supervivencia (es) f

External links

• survival in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• survival in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911