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s-uh-VYVL/səˈvaɪvl/

Survival is the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite danger (usually uncountable): survival rates; survival of the fittest. Existence is wider; live is the verb. Survival rates after five years featured in the chart. Verb: survive (already in the dictionary). Mix-up: revival is coming back into fashion or consciousness; survey is a questionnaire (already in the dictionary). Do not write “a survival” for one person living.

Meaning

The state of continuing to live or exist, often despite danger.

Examples

• “Survival rates after five years featured in the health-inequality chart.”
• “The survival of the language featured in the linguistics source, which is the continue-to-exist sense.”

Good to know

survival of; survival rates / kit. Verb: survive. Trap: revival / survey. Biology, health, and news. Continuing to exist, not a comeback tour.

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