survival

Plural

survivals

1. 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. 2.The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.

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

3. 3.A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.

   • Another survival of marriage by capture is discovered among the Ceylonese, where it is common at royal marriages for the king and queen to throw perfumed balls and squirt scented water at each other.

4. 4.Of, relating to or aiding survival.

   • His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
   • When I am not playing pinball or working at my survival job, I am usually writing.

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