word
Surviving
Sur-VY-vihng
/sɜːrˈvaɪvɪŋ/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
surviving
Dictionary meaning
Still in existence.
Examples
- The Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil.
Synonyms: living
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