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outlast en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌaʊtˈlæst/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English last English outlast From out- + last.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.
    • At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service. 1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468:
    • The tool outlasted its need.
    • Some think that classical music would outlast pop.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outlasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outlasted Tense=Past lexicographic
outlasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outlasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (17)

fi kestää kauemmin kuin (to live longer than) · pl przetrwać (to live longer than) · es durar / vivir más que (to live longer than) · bg надживявам (to live longer than) · pt prevalecer (to live longer than) · oc subreviure (to live longer than) · de überdauern (to live longer than) · it andare oltre (to live longer than) · fr survivre (to live longer than) · ru продержа́ться (to live longer than) · fr durer (to live longer than) · pl przeżyć (to live longer than) · fr perdurer (to live longer than) · ru протяну́ть (to live longer than) · it durare più di (to live longer than) · de überleben (to live longer than) · oc durar (to live longer than)