outliveout‧live /aʊtˈlɪv/ verb [transitive] 
She outlived her husband by 20 years.2to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared: Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.3outlive its/your usefulness to become no longer useful: The docks have outlived their usefulness.
VERB TABLE
outlive
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | outlive |
| he, she, it | outlives | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outlived |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outlived |
| he, she, it | has outlived | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outlived |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outlive |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outlived |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am outliving |
| he, she, it | is outliving | |
| you, we, they | are outliving | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was outliving |
| you, we, they | were outliving | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outliving |
| he, she, it | has been outliving | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outliving |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outliving |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outliving |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Retired people are beginning to worry that they will outlive their savings.
- Women usually outlive their husbands.
- Damaris lived to a very great age and outlived not only her husband but all her five children.
- Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.
- Emely Sophia had outlived her father, William Charles, by almost seventy years.
- Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.
- He had outlived both James Dean and Montgomery Clift but his film career was floundering.
- How did it outlive George Meany?
- I have outlived both my sons.
- On average women outlive men by more than six and a half years.
Longman Language Activatorto continue to be alive
to continue to be alive: · The baby was born with a serious heart defect and not expected to live.live for two years/three months/a long time etc: · My father only lived for a few years after his heart attack.· Cats normally live for about twelve years.the will to live (=the desire to live): · The will to live can be a vital factor in recovery.
to not die, even though you are in a dangerous situation: · The ship's crew eventually resorted to eating rats and even sawdust to stay alive.· Krasner, who has cancer, vowed she would stay alive until her brother was set free.
to remain alive longer than someone else, especially a relative or friend who has died: · Judith outlived two of her three children.outlive somebody by 10 years/six months etc: · Women, on average, outlive men by 1.9 years.
to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you - used especially in newspaper articles: survive somebody by 10 years/six months etc: · Charles survived his wife by three months.be survived by: · Monroe is survived by his wife, Regina, and two sons, Stanley and John.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES As a commuter service, the ferry has outlived its usefulness (=is no longer useful).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
As a commuter service, the ferry has outlived its usefulness (=is no longer useful).· It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.· Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.· In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness.· Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.· By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness.· In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness.· And when they have outlived their usefulness, they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.· I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- And when they have outlived their usefulness, they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.
- By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness.
- Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.
- Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.
- I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness.
- In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness.
- In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness.
- It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.
WORD FAMILYverbliveoutliverelivelivenupadjectivelivelivelylivingliveablenounlivelinesslivinglivelihoodadverblive
1to remain alive after someone else has died: She outlived her husband by 20 years.2to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared: Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.3outlive its/your usefulness to become no longer useful: The docks have outlived their usefulness.