- the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
- a person or thing that survives or endures, especially an ancient custom, observance, belief, or the like.
- (no longer in technical use) the persistence of a cultural trait, practice, or the like long after it has lost its original meaning or usefulness.
- of, relating to, or for use in surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances: survival techniques.
- a person or thing that survives, such as a custom
- the act or fact of surviving or condition of having survived
- (as modifier)
