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View synonyms for outlast

outlast

[ out-last, -lahst ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to endure or last late longer than:

    The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.

  2. to live longer than; outlive.


outlast

/ ˈaʊtˌlɑːst /

verb

  1. tr to last longer than
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of outlast1

First recorded in 1565–75; out- + last 2
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Example Sentences

It was almost a disastrous week for Brigham Young, which lost by three at Pepperdine and then needed two overtimes to outlast Pacific at home.

Coach Matt LaFleur’s commitment to the run was part of Green Bay’s success this year, and the team might have to stick with that patience to outlast the Bucs.

He said the sealant on the glass should last five to 10 years, and the coatings should outlast that by several years.

Heroic, because Paige, by endurance and skill, outlasted injustice.

The ever-animated New York rhyme animal not only holds his own among today’s current superstars like Rapsody and Kendrick Lamar, he excels in proving that Father Time still can’t outlast the Dungeon Dragon.

Certainly he will have the resources to outlast, discredit, and disqualify his rivals.

But Gates would outlast Bush, and Clapper would outlast them both.

Will the two-state solution survive to 2013 and outlast this blog?

What the Soviets failed to understand is that homegrown insurgency and religious fervor will outlast any conquering force.

Perhaps he tried to outlast the election in order to shelter Obama from the fallout of his own personal foibles.

Nor did such office of leader outlast a foray or a campaign.

We go through many ordeals which you are spared, but we outlast you in mind and body.

If love cannot outlast a few years of life, it is idle to lament that it is so surely quenched by death.

She would soon come again, he knew that—and his slender savings could not outlast many visits.

Roofs of cedar or white pine shingles outlast the pliant roofings, and really cost less in the end.

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