Noun: survival su(r)'vI-vul
- A state of surviving; remaining alive
"Their survival in the harsh wilderness was a testament to their endurance";
- endurance
- A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
"Darwin's theory of evolution by survival of the fittest revolutionized biology";
- survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
- Something that survives
"The old customs were a survival of an earlier era"
Derived forms: survivals
Type of: action, activity, aliveness, animation, continuance, continuation, life, living, natural action, natural process
Encyclopedia: Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape