SURVIVAL

[noun] [U]The doctors told my wife I had a 50/50 chance of survival (= continuing to live).He is fighting for survival after his operation.The majority of the world's poorest people depend on the natural environment for their survival.His main concern is to ensure his own political survival.Her chances of survival as prime minister now look slim.They are fighting for the survival of their country.England are fighting for survival (= trying not to be defeated) in the match.A survival is something that has continued to exist from a previous time.Most of these traditions are survivals from earlier times.We all have a strong survival instinct.The survival rate for people who have this form of cancer is now more than 90%.A survival kit is a small box containing items that you need in order to stay alive if you are in a difficult or dangerous situation in which you are unable to get help.Survival of the fittest is the principle that animals and plants suited to the conditions they live in are more likely to stay alive and produce other animals and plants than those which are not.Some scientists have suggested that the extinction of many animals may have been partly due to chance, not just to the survival of the fittest.