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{
"term": "survival",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **struggle/battle/fight for survival**"
},
{
"text": "His only **chance of survival** was a heart transplant."
},
{
"text": "Exporting is necessary for our economic survival."
},
{
"text": "Continued trade in these products is a threat to the survival of the species."
},
{
"text": "Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients."
},
{
"text": "Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival."
},
{
"text": "For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival."
},
{
"text": "He lacked the common instinct for survival."
},
{
"text": "Here, life is a battle for survival."
},
{
"text": "The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger."
},
{
"text": "The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species."
},
{
"text": "his survival as leader"
},
{
"text": "the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress"
},
{
"text": "In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["long-term", "short-term", "continued"],
"verb + survival": ["fight for", "assure", "ensure"],
"survival + noun": ["chances", "rate", "skills"],
"preposition": ["survival against", "survival as"],
"phrases": [
"a battle for survival",
"a fight for survival",
"a struggle for survival"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that has continued to exist from an earlier time",
"sensetop": "survival (from something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their environment will continue to exist",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Biology"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈvaɪvl/",
"audio": "su/survival/survival__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sərˈvaɪvl/",
"audio": "su/survival/survival__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}