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# survival

«survival» in Mova's school dictionary: **Staying alive, especially in danger or a hard situation** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (survival — uncountable; a survival — a thing left from the past)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Staying alive, especially in danger or a hard situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#m1)

2) Continuing to exist, like the survival of a species or a business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#m2)

3) Something that still exists from long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, «survival of the fittest» is linked to evolution: animals best suited to their habitat survive and have young. In safety lessons and adventure stories, survival skills include finding shelter, water and help. Phrases: «survival skills», «survival kit», «chance of survival», «fight for survival».

### examples

- Water is necessary for survival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x1)
- The polar bear's thick fur helps its survival in the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x2)
- We learnt survival skills on the camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x3)
- The hikers had a survival kit with food, a torch and a whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x4)
- The survival of the tigers depends on protecting forests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x5)
- The rescue team gave him a good chance of survival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x6)
- It was a fight for survival in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x7)
- There appears little doubt that the modern Carnival is a survival of the ancient Saturnalia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/#x8)

### note

Uncountable in the main senses. Verb: «survive»; person: «survivor». Myth trap: «survival of the fittest» means best suited to the place, not strongest or fastest. In maths and science, «survival rate» is a percentage of those that survived.

### In the corpora

- [Jungle and survival shows have doctors, crews and safety rules behind the camera, even when the people look all alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «survival» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/survival/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.