outlive
[verb]
Synonyms: survive, outlast

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Related Words: outstand, outstay

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

out‧live /aʊtˈlɪv/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: verb: live, outlive, relive, liven, up; adjective: live, lively, living, liveable; noun: liveliness, living, livelihood; adverb: live]

1. to remain alive after someone else has died:
She outlived her husband by 20 years.

2. to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared ⇒ outlast:
Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.

3. outlive its/your usefulness to become no longer useful:
The docks have outlived their usefulness.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲