{
    "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
}