survivorship

CEFRB2

/səˈrvaɪvərˈʃɪp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The state of remaining alive after others have died.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Survivorship refers to the state or condition of being a survivor.

  • The spouses signed a joint tenancy agreement with right of survivorship.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The number or percentage of young that survive to adulthood.

  2. The state of being a survivor.

More examples

In context

  • The study analyzed the survivorship rates of patients with the disease.

  • 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.

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The study measured the blank rate of patients five years after their cancer treatment.

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Origin

noun

From survivor + -ship.