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adjectives
long-term survival
• The long-term survival of polar bears is at risk.
continued survival
• The continued survival of this species of dolphin seems unlikely.
economic survival
• Both countries depend on wildlife-based tourism for their economic survival.
political survival
• The prime minister is fighting for his political survival.
survival + NOUN
the survival rate
• The survival rate of animals returned to the wild remains an unanswered question.
sb’s survival instinct
(= a natural ability to know how to survive )
• My survival instinct told me to get up and run.
survival skills
• They learned survival skills from the local Indian tribe.
a survival strategy
• The best survival strategy is to avoid putting yourself in unnecessary danger.
verbs
fight/struggle for survival
• Many construction companies are fighting for survival.
ensure the survival of something/somebody
• Controlling land development would ensure the survival of many types of wildlife.
owe your survival to somebody/something
• The frogs owe their survival to a conservation program.
phrases
sb’s chance(s) of survival
• He knew that his chances of survival were small.
sb’s fight/struggle/battle for survival
• Their lives had been one long struggle for survival.
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noun ADJ. long-term, short-term | continued | day-to-day | sheer fighting for the sheer survival of the museum | improved The study showed improved survival of patients using the drug. | chance, miraculous the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress | business, economic, human, national, physical, political VERB + SURVIVAL fight for | ensure The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger. | improve, prolong Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients. | threaten The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species. | be crucial for/to, be essential to, be necessary for, be vital for/to Adaptability is essential to survival in a changing environment. SURVIVAL + NOUN chances, rate | skills, strategy | kit The expedition members carried flares in their survival kit. | instinct PREP. ~ against the struggle for survival against such well-armed enemies | ~ as his survival as leader PHRASES a battle/fight/struggle for survival, be a matter/question of survival For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival. | a chance of survival Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival. | the instinct for survival He lacked the common instinct for survival. | a threat to the survival of sth The main threat to the survival of these creatures comes from their loss of habitat.
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