DEFINITION OF SURVIVAL WHAT IS THE SURVIVAL? Dictionary definition: A person or thing that survives. Something that survives. A state of surviving; remaining alive. The condition of living or the state of being alive. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.  The survival activity is also practiced in sports and tourism purposes. There are schools and survival courses that teach to cope in adverse situations relying solely on its own strength. Although the possibilities, that a person will suddenly finds himself in an unfavorable situation in a hostile environment, are rather...