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SURVIVING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Still in existence
Example:
the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania
Synonyms:
living; surviving
Classified under:
Similar:
extant (still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb survive
Context examples:
This cancer ‘parasite’ has proved remarkably successful at surviving over thousands of years, yet is steadily deteriorating.
(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)
Behind him came the two surviving Indians with our scanty possessions upon their backs.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I thought also of my father and surviving brother; should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let loose among them?
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The surviving cells also showed signs of DNA damage which means they can be predisposed to developing cancer in the future.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
A taxonomic order of mammals with armor-like exoskeletons, of which the only surviving member is the armadillo.
(Cingulata, NCI Thesaurus)
My only doctrine is the doctrine of expediency, and it makes for surviving.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In fact, grass growing in mussel clusters had a 64 percent probability of surviving, compared to a one percent probability in areas without mussels.
(Biodiversity in salt marshes builds climate resilience, NSF)
The scientists found that granite tombstones hosted microbes capable of acidifying their environment — then surviving those acidic conditions.
(Tales from the crypt: Life after death in a graveyard, National Science Foundation)
After the surviving dust is heated by a flare, it gives off infrared radiation.
(Studies Find Echoes of Black Holes Eating Stars, NASA)
He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survived.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
