Survival
[sə'vaɪv(ə)l] or [sɚ'vaɪvl]
Definition
(noun.) something that survives.
(noun.) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
(noun.) a state of surviving; remaining alive.
Typed by Clarissa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.
(n.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
Typed by Geraldine
Examples
- This principle of preservation, or the survival of the fittest, I have called natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Competition and survival were accepted as the basal facts of life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The more tenacious the memory, the richer the supply of image s, the greater the powers of adaptation and survival. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- From this survival of the past, says Bergson, it follows that consciousness cannot go through the same state twice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Dislike to employ scientific knowledge as it functions in men's occupations is itself a survival of an aristocratic culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As the waters of the planet dried and the seas receded, all other resources dwindled until life upon the planet became a constant battle for survival. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It examines the instincts that serve so wonderfully the survival of var ious species of insects. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This process is called _Natural Selection_ or the _Survival of the Fittest_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer, of the Survival of the Fittest, is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In such hard conditions what are the chara cteristics that would determine the survival of individual or tribe? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the war of extermination that was ever before the great naturalist's eye in South America, what is it that favors a species' survival or determine s its extinction? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No animal will change when its conditions are good enough for present survival. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Man's survival does not hinge so greatly upon the perfection of his senses. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The pettifogging objections to some social plan had very little chance of survival owing to the dynamic power of the reformers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Darwin was well fitted by the comprehensiveness of his observations to deal with the various factors of extinction and survival. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The militarism and imperialism of Britain and France and Italy are by comparison feeble, disorganized, and disorganizing survivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Murray