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outlive Definition

out·live (o̵ut′liv)

transitive verb -·lived, -·liv·ing

  1. to live or endure longer than
  2. to live through; outlast

outlive Synonyms

outlive

v.

live longer than, outlast, last; see endure 1, survive.

outlive Usage Examples

Object

  • man: Women outlive men across mid Cheshire Keeping watch Talks go on in bid to avoid strike.. .
  • life: Subgroup analysis was conducted to reflect the costs and outcomes of those who would not be expected to outlive the life of a THR.
  • one: She was the aunt of Senex, and shared with him the Reid turn for outliving one 's friends.
  • usefulness: A greater percentage of men die with their stents in situ than outlive the usefulness of the stent.
  • dinosaur: From Alex M, UK This plant has been around since prehistoric times and has outlived the dinosaurs.
  • period: It's like having Beagles smoke for us, we don't need that, we've outlived that period.

Adjective complement

most: In fact, the Queen Mother outlived most of her nephews and nieces as well.

Modifying Another Word

  • long: The Area Wigan has long outlived its " music hall " status.
  • far: The videodisks far outlived the computer system, without which they prove useless.
  • now: It is a revolution that I have now outlived.
  • only: In the end Egfrith only outlived his father by 141 days. Offa himself had been involved in a struggle for the throne of Mercia.
  • n't: Perhaps that might be extended one day to include major C19 journals which did n't outlive their queen.
  • not: The theory of skipping over a movement which has not outlived its day is a Trotskyist theory.

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