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 ▲