Outlive

  • 11outlive — UK [ˌaʊtˈlɪv] / US [aʊtˈlɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms outlive : present tense I/you/we/they outlive he/she/it outlives present participle outliving past tense outlived past participle outlived 1) to live longer than someone else She outlived… …

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  • 12outlive — outliver, n. /owt liv /, v.t., outlived, outliving. 1. to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years. 2. to outlast; live or last through: The ship outlived the storm. He hopes to outlive the stigma …

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  • 13outlive — verb /aʊtˈlɪv/ a) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date. b) To live through or past (a given time). If anything / it… …

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  • 14outlive — verb Outlive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑usefulness …

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  • 15outlive — out|live [autˈlıv] v [T] 1.) to remain alive after someone else has died ▪ She outlived her husband by twenty years. 2.) to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared →↑outlast ▪ Good books have a way of outliving those who… …

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  • 16outlive — verb (T) 1 to live longer than someone else: She outlived her husband by twenty years. 2 to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared: The military regime has outlived its statutory term by three years. | outlive its… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17outlive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. survive, outlast. See durability. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. live longer than, outlast, last; see endure 1 , survive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. see outlast IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb …

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  • 18outlive — out|live [ aut lıv ] verb transitive 1. ) to live longer than someone else: She outlived her husband by two years. 2. ) to continue to exist after something else has stopped: His general theories have outlived those of his contemporaries …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19outlive — v. live longer than …

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  • 20outlive — verb 1》 live longer than.     ↘survive or last beyond. 2》 archaic live through (an experience) …

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