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survivorship

survivorship noun: the state of being a survivor.

Noun

survivorship (usually uncountable, plural survivorships)

  1. (usually) The state of being a survivor.
    • We therefore seek a method for response-function normalization method which involves manipulating empirical curves that result from unconstrainted empirical fits of the corrected survivorship data.2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. (usually) The number or percentage of young that survive to adulthood.
  3. (usually) A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy.

survivorship meaning in Tamil and Kannada

survivorship in Tamil

எச்ச உரிமை, எஞ்சுநர் உரிமை, பிழைப்புநிலை

survivorship in Kannada

ಉತ್ತರಜೀವಿತಾಧಿಕಾರ

Forms of survivorship

pluralsurvivorships

Origin of survivorship

From survivor + -ship.

Words formed from survivorship

Phrases with survivorship

Questions about survivorship

What does survivorship mean?
Survivorship means the state of being a survivor.
What is survivorship in Tamil?
Survivorship in Tamil is எச்ச உரிமை, எஞ்சுநர் உரிமை, பிழைப்புநிலை. See Survivorship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is survivorship?
Survivorship is a noun.
What is the plural of survivorship?
The plural of survivorship is survivorships.

Words near survivorship in the dictionary

  1. survivor guilt
  2. survivor syndrome
  3. survivoress
  4. survivoresses
  5. survivors
  6. survivorship
  7. survivorship bias
  8. survivorship biases
  9. survivorships
  10. survivour
  11. survivours

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: survivorship (page history and authors); survivorship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); survivorship (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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