outlive en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /aʊtˈlɪv/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.
Meanings
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(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
If anything / it makes it worse, your early death, that / having now at last outlived you, I too / have broken ranks.
2003, Bernard O'Donoghue, Outliving,, page 1:And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date.
1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII.
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(transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived.
1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
- (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outlives | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outliving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outlived | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outlived | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
predecease (antonym(s) of “live longer than”)
Deriveds
Hyponyms
postdecease (live longer than)
Synonyms
survive (live longer than)
Translations (24)
sh nadživeti (to live longer than) · yi איבערלעבן (to live longer than) · eo postvivi (to live longer than) · es sobrevivir a (to live longer than) · mk надживува (to live longer than) · la reliquum sum (to live longer than) · fr survivre à (to live longer than) · bg надживявам (to live longer than) · grc διαζῶ (to live longer than) · ru пережи́ть (to live longer than) · es supervivir (to live longer than) · ang oferlibban (to live longer than) · la supersto (to live longer than) · da overleve (to live longer than) · nl overleven (to live longer than) · la relinquor (to live longer than) · pt sobreviver (to live longer than) · sv överleva (to live longer than) · la supervīvō (to live longer than) · hu túlél (to live longer than) · mk надживее (to live longer than) · de überleben (to live longer than) · la resto (to live longer than) · ru переживать (to live longer than)