| NOUN | state | survival, endurance | a state of surviving |
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| process | survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | |
| act | survival | something that survives |
| Sounds | servay'vahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A state of surviving; remaining alive. | |
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| Synonym | endurance | |
| Narrower | subsistence | A means of surviving |
| Broader | animation, life, living, aliveness | The condition of living or the state of being alive |
| Spanish | aguante, resistencia, supervivencia | |
| Catalan | aguant, resistència | |
| Verbs | survive | support oneself |
| survive | continue to live through hardship or adversity | |
| survive | continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | |
| Meaning | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. | |
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| Synonyms | survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection | |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | selección natural | |
| Catalan | selecció natural | |
| Meaning | Something that survives. | |
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| Narrower | custom, usage, usance | accepted or habitual practice |
| hangover, holdover | Something that has survived from the past | |
| Broader | continuance, continuation | The act of continuing an activity without interruption |
| Spanish | supervivencia | |
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