outlast

[ out-last, -lahst ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.

  2. to live longer than; outlive.

Origin of outlast

1
First recorded in 1565–75; out- + last2

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How to use outlast in a sentence

  • As soon as the snow outlasts the summer, the region which it occupies is sterilized to life.

    Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
  • It is this that Bergson means when he tells us that a philosopher's intuition always outlasts his system.

    A Preface to Politics | Walter Lippmann
  • The use of an iron bangle or bracelet has a deep meaning, it outlasts gold and silver ones.

    The Hindoos as they Are | Shib Chunder Bose
  • I wrote a little cursed sonnet in the train how old affection outlasts youthful passion, like violets blooming in autumn.

    Prisoners | Mary Cholmondeley
  • But the men of Dalecarlia are made of stuff which outlasts a few fallen heads.

    August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt | L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

British Dictionary definitions for outlast

outlast

/ (ˈaʊtˌlɑːst) /


verb
  1. (tr) to last longer than

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