(n) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment, Syn. survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection

survival

(n) something that survives

survivalist

(n) someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation

survive

(v) continue to live through hardship or adversity, Syn. live, live on, endure, hold out, hold up, last, go, Example:We went without water and food for 3 days; These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America; The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents; how long can a person last without food and water?

survive

(v) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.), Syn. come through, pull round, make it, pull through, Ant. succumb, Example:He survived the cancer against all odds

survivor

(n) one who lives through affliction, Syn. subsister, Example:the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital

survivor

(n) one who outlives another, Example:he left his farm to his survivors

survivor

(n) an animal that survives in spite of adversity, Example:only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters

survivor guilt

(n) a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died, Example:survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Survival

n. [ From Survive. ] 1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arhaeol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known. [ 1913 Webster ]

The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survivancy

{ } n. [ F. survivance. ] Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survive

v. i. To remain alive; to continue to live. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy pleasure,
Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survive

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Survived p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving. ] [ F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals. ] To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll assure her of
Her widowhood, be it that she survive me,
In all my lands and leases whatsoever. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survivency

n. Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Surviver

n. One who survives; a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surviving

a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survivor

n. 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The survivor bound
In filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survivorship

n. 1. The state of being a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chance of survivorship, the chance that a person of a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by the Carlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for two persons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1 that the elder die first. [ 1913 Webster ]

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