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[ out-liv ] / ˌaʊtˈlɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR outlive ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), out·lived, out·liv·ing.to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years. to outlast; live or last through: The ship outlived the storm. He hopes to outlive the stigma of his imprisonment. Origin of outliveFirst recorded in 1425–75, outlive is from the late Middle English word outliven.See out-, live1 synonym study for outlive1. See survive. OTHER WORDS FROM outliveoutliver, nounWords nearby outliveoutlet, outlier, out like a light, outline, outline font, outlive, outlook, out loud, outlying, outman, outmaneuver Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for outlive“Football will outlive all of us,” he said.Katie Sanders contributed to this report. Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: September 21|PunditFact.com|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sadly, Paul the Octopus did not outlive his impressive but unpopular World Cup predictions by long. The Amazing Tale of Paul the Psychic Octopus: Germany’s World Cup Soothsayer|Emily Shire|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Individuals often outlive their life expectancy by quite a lot, he says. Online Mortality Calculator Could Change Health Care—and Our Views on Death|Josh Dzieza|January 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST Because given her genetics and ability to kick cancer in the shins, she is now surely going to outlive me. "The Gift of Cancer"|Mark McKinnon|February 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Remember,” he tells Kissinger in the newly released tapes, “we are going to outlive our enemies. He's Ba-a-a-ack!|Nicholas Wapshott|December 3, 2008|DAILY BEAST The man who can learn to outlive prejudice has broken through an iron ring which binds the mind. Success (Second Edition)|Max Aitken Beaverbrook Mankind has still to outlive this brute instinct in its upward way to civilisation. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society|C. Gasquoine Hartley No love could stand the test by which mine was now tried; nor outlive the shock which it had just sustained. Tales of My Time, Vol. II (of 3)|William Pitt Scargill On the other hand, the war was beginning to outlive its popularity. Humphrey Duke of Gloucester|K.H. Vickers He said that it was but vanity and the story of earthly loves, and he did not care to have it outlive him. Penshurst Castle|Emma Marshall
British Dictionary definitions for outlive
verb (tr)to live longer than (someone) to live beyond (a date or period)he outlived the century to live through (an experience) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to outliveremain, continue, endure, survive, prevail, outstay, hang on |