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Outlive
/aʊtˈlɪv/
To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
📖 Definitions of "Outlive"
verb
- 1
To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
- 2
To live through or past (a given time).
- 3
To surpass in duration; outlast.
- 4
To live longer; continue to live.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Outlive"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| outlastverb | (transitive) To live, last or remain longer than. |
| surviveverb | (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. |
| overlive | (transitive) To outlive; live longer than. |
| outsurviveverb | (transitive) To survive longer than; to outlive. |
| superviveverb | (obsolete, transitive) To survive; to outlive. |
| liveverb | (intransitive) To be alive; to have life. |
| outendureverb | (transitive) To endure beyond; to outlast. |
| everliveverb | (intransitive, nonstandard) To live forever; live constantly or continually; remain alive or active. |
| last | Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. |
| live onverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing. |
| live outverb | (intransitive) To not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.) |
| lingernoun | A surname. |
| live throughverb | To survive a difficult period or event |
| perdureverb | (intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time. |
| continueverb | (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). |
| reachnoun | The act of stretching or extending; extension. |
| extendverb | (transitive) To cause to increase in extent. |
| outruleverb | (transitive) To rule out; to eliminate by deduction. |
| outdoverb | (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. |
| eternizeverb | (transitive) To immortalize; to make eternally famous. |
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