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Survival

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endurancenounThe measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
selectionnounThe process or act of selecting.
natural selectionnoun(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.
survival of the fittestnoun(evolutionary theory) Natural selection.

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endurancenounThe measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
selectionnounThe process or act of selecting.
survival of the fittestnoun(evolutionary theory) Natural selection.
natural selectionnoun(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.
surviveverb(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
survivorshipnounThe state of being a survivor.
survivornounOne who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
survivableAble to be survived.
survivabilitynoun(uncountable) The condition of being survivable
subsistencenounThe act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
staynounContinuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
persistencenounThe property of being persistent.
copenoun(slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure a hopeless situation.
sustenancenounSomething that provides support or nourishment.
remainingnoun(countable, rare) remnant.
relicnounThat which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
remainnoun(chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
residualnounA remainder left over at the end of some process.
liveverb(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
aliveHaving life; living; not dead.

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