- survival
- nounADJECTIVE▪ long-term, short-term▪ continued, future▪
They are working to ensure the continued survival of this species.
▪ day-to-day▪ improved▪The study showed improved survival of patients using the drug.
▪ miraculous▪ business, economic, human, national, physical, politicalVERB + SURVIVAL▪ fight for▪ assure (esp. AmE), 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.
▪ affect, influence▪ be critical for/to, 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▪ guide (= book), kit▪The expedition members carried flares in their survival kit.
▪ instinct▪ advantage, benefit▪In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism.
PREPOSITION▪ survival against▪the struggle for survival against such well-armed enemies
▪ survival as▪his survival as leader
PHRASES▪ a battle for survival, a fight for survival, a struggle for survival▪Here, life is a battle for survival.
▪ be a matter of survival, be a question of survival▪For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.
▪ a chance of survival, chances of survival▪Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.
▪Her chances of survival are poor.
▪ the instinct for survival▪He lacked the common instinct for survival.
▪ survival of the fittest▪Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest
▪Survival of the fittest means that only those who make the company a lot of money keep their jobs.
▪ a threat to the survival of sth▪The main threat to the survival of these creatures comes from their loss of habitat.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
