A state of surviving; remaining alive.

synonym: endurance.

Roget 40: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap^†, odds and ends, cheesepairings^†, candle ends, orts^†; residuum; dregs etc. (dirt) 653; refuse etc. (useless) 645; stubble, result, educt^†; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton.   , stump; alluvium.    surplus, overplus^†, excess; balance, complement; superplus^†, surplusage^†; superfluity etc. (redundancy) 641; survival, survivance^†.    ... show more

Roget 110: diuturnity^†; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness etc. 275; perpetuity etc. 112; blue moon, coon's age [U.S.], dog's age.    durableness, durability; persistence, endlessness, lastingness etc. adj.^†; continuance, standing; permanence etc. (stability) 150; survival, survivance^†; longevity etc. (age) 128; distance of time.    protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time; delay etc. (lateness) 133.    ... show more

Dutch: overleving
Polish: przeżycie, wyżycie

A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.

synonyms: natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest.

Dutch: natuurlijke selectie, overleving
Polish: dobór naturalny

Something that survives.

Polish: przetrwanie