"outlive" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈlɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outlive.wav Forms: outlives [present, singular, third-person], outliving [participle, present], outlived [participle, past], outlived [past]
Rhymes: -ɪv Etymology: From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outliven}} Middle English outliven, {{prefix|en|out|live}} out- + live Head templates: {{en-verb}} outlive (third-person singular simple present outlives, present participle outliving, simple past and past participle outlived)
  1. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. Tags: transitive Synonyms (live longer than): survive Hyponyms (live longer than): postdecease Translations (to live longer than): διαζάω (diazáō) (Ancient Greek), надживявам (nadživjavam) (Bulgarian), overleve (Danish), overleven (Dutch), postvivi (Esperanto), survivre à (French), überleben (German), túlél (Hungarian), supervīvō (Latin), supersto (Latin), relinquor (Latin), resto (Latin), reliquum sum (Latin), надживува (nadživuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), надживее (nadživee) [perfective] (Macedonian), oferlibban (Old English), пережи́ть (perežítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), nadživeti (Serbo-Croatian), sobrevivir (a) (Spanish), överleva (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-outlive-en-verb-xH6S1S7v Disambiguation of 'live longer than': 71 5 1 24 Disambiguation of 'live longer than': 71 5 1 24 Disambiguation of 'to live longer than': 67 6 1 26
  2. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outlive-en-verb-928ooDkx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 71 17 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 21 37 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 13 54 21 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 55 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 54 30 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 54 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 11 59 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 51 27 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 54 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 55 23 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 58 24 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 56 21 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 14 59 22 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 55 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 13 56 21 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 56 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 58 22 8
  3. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outlive-en-verb-Pe0zjonn
  4. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-outlive-en-verb-uRLYz1su
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: outliver

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “live longer than”",
      "word": "predecease"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "outliving",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "outlived",
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        "past"
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        {
          "ref": "1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII.",
          "text": "And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Bernard O'Donoghue, Outliving,, page 1",
          "text": "If anything / it makes it worse, your early death, that / having now at last outlived you, I too / have broken ranks.",
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          "_dis1": "71 5 1 24",
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        "(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive."
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          "_dis1": "67 6 1 26",
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          "word": "διαζάω"
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          "word": "survivre à"
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          "sense": "to live longer than",
          "word": "überleben"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "túlél"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "supervīvō"
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          "word": "supersto"
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          "word": "resto"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "reliquum sum"
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          "_dis1": "67 6 1 26",
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          "word": "sobrevivir (a)"
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          "ref": "1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew",
          "text": "This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived.",
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        "To live through or past (a given time)."
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        "(transitive) To live through or past (a given time)."
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        "To surpass in duration; outlast."
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        "(transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast."
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        "To live longer; continue to live."
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        "(intransitive) To live longer; continue to live."
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        "(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive."
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        "(transitive) To live through or past (a given time)."
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        "To surpass in duration; outlast."
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        "(transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast."
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        "To live longer; continue to live."
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        "(intransitive) To live longer; continue to live."
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "διαζάω"
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      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "overleve"
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      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "overleven"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "postvivi"
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      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "survivre à"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "überleben"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "túlél"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "supervīvō"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to live longer than",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "relinquor"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "resto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "reliquum sum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nadživuva",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надживува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nadživee",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "надживее"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "oferlibban"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perežítʹ",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пережи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "nadživeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "sobrevivir (a)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to live longer than",
      "word": "överleva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outlive"
}

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