sur|viv|al

sur|viv|al
sur|viv|al «suhr VY vuhl», noun.
1. the act or fact of surviving; continuance of life; living or lasting longer than others: »

Our survival depended on the supplies reaching us in time.

2. something that continues to exist after the cessation of something else, or of other things of the kind.
3. a person, thing, custom, or belief that has lasted from an earlier time: »

No small number of what the English stigmatize as Americanisms are cases of survival from former good usage (William D. Whitney). Belief in the evil eye is a survival of ancient magic. Thanksgiving Day is a survival from before the American Revolution.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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