survival

English

Etymology

From survive +‎ -al

Noun

survival (countable and uncountable, plural survivals)

1. The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

   His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.

2. (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.

   His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.

3. (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
   • 2000, Dan Goldstein, The Rough Guide to English Football: A Fans' Handbook 2000-2001:

     "...a team that have turned snatching relegation from the jaws of top-flight survival into an art form..."

   • 2013, Alan Stubbs, How Football Saved My Life, page 139:

     "Before you know it, you find yourself flirting around the relegation places and the season becomes a battle for survival."

Derived terms

Derived terms

• survival analysis
• survivalism
• survival kit
• survival of the fittest

• survival rate
• survival skill
• survival value

Translations

continued existence or life

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生存 (zh) (shēngcún)

• Czech: přežití n
• Dutch: overleven (nl) n, levensvatbaarheid (capacity of surviving in risk situation), overleving (nl) f
• Finnish: eloonjääminen, selviytyminen (fi)
• French: survie (fr)
• Galician: supervivencia f
• German: Überleben n
• Greek: επιβίωση (el) f (epivíosi)
• Hungarian: túlélés

• Irish: maireachtáil
• Italian: sopravvivenza (it) f
• Japanese: 生存 (ja) (せいぞん, seizon), サバイバル (sabaibaru)
• Portuguese: sobrevivência (pt)
• Romanian: supraviețuire (ro) f
• Russian: выжива́ние (ru) n (vyživánije)
• Spanish: supervivencia f
• Tagalog: lighay
• Walloon: sorvicaedje (wa) m
• Yiddish: קיום‎ m (kiyem)

Further reading

• survival in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• survival in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911