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Survival

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

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Broader term 7

Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Animation 76% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Continuance 76% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Continuation 76% connected

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Living 76% connected

of Live

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Narrower term 4

Custom 76% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Subsistence 76% connected

Real being; existence.

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Usage 76% connected

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Usance 76% connected

Use; usage; employment.

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Survive 74% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Survive 74% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Endurance 92% connected

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Selection 92% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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