outlive

[ out-liv ]

/ ˌaʊtˈlɪv /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR outlive ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object), out·lived, out·liv·ing.

to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.

to outlast; live or last through: The ship outlived the storm. He hopes to outlive the stigma of his imprisonment.

QUIZZES

CAN YOU ACE THIS QUIZ ABOUT “COMPLIMENT” VS. “COMPLEMENT”?

Take this quiz to see if you really know the difference between “compliment” and “complement"!

Question 1 of 11

“Compliment” and “complement” had a shared meaning a long time ago, but today they are no longer interchangeable.

True

False

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of outlive

First recorded in 1425–75, outlive is from the late Middle English word outliven. See out-, live¹

SYNONYMS FOR outlive

1 See survive.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR outlive ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM outlive

out·liv·er, noun

Words nearby outlive

outleap, outlet, outlier, outline, outline font, outlive, outlook, outlying, outman, outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for outlive

“Football will outlive all of us,” he said.Katie Sanders contributed to this report.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: September 21|PunditFact.com|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sadly, Paul the Octopus did not outlive his impressive but unpopular World Cup predictions by long.
The Amazing Tale of Paul the Psychic Octopus: Germany’s World Cup Soothsayer|Emily Shire|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Individuals often outlive their life expectancy by quite a lot, he says.
Online Mortality Calculator Could Change Health Care—and Our Views on Death|Josh Dzieza|January 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Because given her genetics and ability to kick cancer in the shins, she is now surely going to outlive me.
"The Gift of Cancer"|Mark McKinnon|February 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Remember,” he tells Kissinger in the newly released tapes, “we are going to outlive our enemies.
He's Ba-a-a-ack!|Nicholas Wapshott|December 3, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The man who can learn to outlive prejudice has broken through an iron ring which binds the mind.
Success (Second Edition)|Max Aitken Beaverbrook
Mankind has still to outlive this brute instinct in its upward way to civilisation.
The Position of Woman in Primitive Society|C. Gasquoine Hartley
No love could stand the test by which mine was now tried; nor outlive the shock which it had just sustained.
Tales of My Time, Vol. II (of 3)|William Pitt Scargill
On the other hand, the war was beginning to outlive its popularity.
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester|K.H. Vickers
He said that it was but vanity and the story of earthly loves, and he did not care to have it outlive him.
Penshurst Castle|Emma Marshall

British Dictionary definitions for outlive

outlive

/ (ˌaʊtˈlɪv) /

verb (tr)

to live longer than (someone)

to live beyond (a date or period)he outlived the century

to live through (an experience)

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

outlive

verb (used with object), out·lived, out·liv·ing.

QUIZZES

CAN YOU ACE THIS QUIZ ABOUT “COMPLIMENT” VS. “COMPLEMENT”?

Origin of outlive

SYNONYMS FOR outlive

OTHER WORDS FROM outlive

Words nearby outlive

Words related to outlive

Example sentences from the Web for outlive

British Dictionary definitions for outlive

verb (tr)