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How to pronounce survival in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest
Type of action, natural process, natural action, activity
Type Words
Synonyms endurance
Type of living, aliveness, animation, life
Has types subsistence
Derivation survive
Type Words
Type of continuation, continuance
Has types usance, custom, hangover, holdover, usage

Examples of survival

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When he said that, I went into the race in survival mode for the first 150 laps.
From the news-journalonline.com
None of this looks to be going anywhere in the sense of survival of the fittest.
From the foxnews.com
All walking, every day, for hours, in the constant heat, on errands of survival.
From the sfgate.com
As losses mount and order books shrink, mass layoffs are necessary for survival.
From the time.com
I owe my survival to my wife who always stood by my side, otherwise I'd be dead.
From the forbes.com
Women's survival after the surgery depended more on the quality of the marriage.
From the abcnews.go.com
Early detection through routine screening has helped increase the survival rate.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Actually, the link between maths and survival is obvious to some in Britain too.
From the economist.com
Holloway visits Ferguson's lair tomorrow with the odds stacked against survival.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • A state of surviving; remaining alive
  • A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
  • Something that survives
  • (survive) continue to live through hardship or adversity; "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) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
  • (survive) exist: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
  • Survival! is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1984. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding, Fantasy and Science Fiction, If, Imagination, Fantastic, Infinity Science Fiction, Future and Venture
  • Survival is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released in 1979.
  • Survival is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three parts, weekly, from 22 November to 6 December 1989. ...