outlive
verb
out·live
| \ ˌau̇t-ˈliv
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outlived;
outliving;
outlives
Definition of outlive
1
: to live beyond or longer than
outlived most of his friends outlive its usefulness
2
: to survive the effects of
universities … outlive many political and social changes— J. B. Conant
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Examples of outlive in a Sentence
No mother wants to outlive her children.
He outlived his wife by 10 years.
Recent Examples on the Web
Rona outlived many of her colleagues, who died prematurely of ailments related to radiation exposure. — New York Times, "Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Rona, Pioneering Scientist Amid Dangers of War," 28 Aug. 2019 In malls around America, Fisher’s vision of unfussy elegance has outlived chain stores and fast fashion, weathering the booms and busts of the retail market. — Vogue, "The Women Designers Who Changed The Way We Dress," 14 Aug. 2019 Carp-kun, a goldfish in the Kochi zoo who is the last survivor of a cohort of 200 fry fed to the zoo’s birds and who later outlived a giant salamander who attacked him daily, was enjoying an old age free of predators. — Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine, "Findings," 19 Aug. 2019 What’s so remarkable is that many of these major venues — the Palace, Joe Louis, Northland — are barely outliving the people who built them. — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "The short life of the Palace of Auburn Hills represents colossal waste of resources," 5 July 2019 In addition, women outlive men, they are paid less and their health care bills are higher, according to the study. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, "In the know: Women in the news 8/5-8/9," 9 Aug. 2019 Blast it with chemotherapy, and any resistant cells will outlive the susceptible ones, allowing certain mutations to dominate the tumor. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, "How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World," 1 Aug. 2019 Plus, optimizing Social Security benefits will mitigate some of the more common retirement risks such as longevity (the risk of outliving your assets), inflation, and declines in the value of your retirement portfolio. — Robert Powell, USA TODAY, "Looking to start retirement soon? Great, here are two ways to avoid going broke," 31 July 2019 As in outliving cancer, and out living, making the most of life, despite diagnoses. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "First Descents is like cancer camp for young adults, taking survivors on free climbing, kayaking and surfing trips," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outlive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for outlive
outlive
verb
English Language Learners Definition of outlive
: to live longer than (someone)
: to continue to exist longer than (something) : to outlast (something)
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outlive
verb
out·live
| \ au̇t-ˈliv
\
\
outlived;
outliving
Kids Definition of outlive
: to live or last longer than
That rule has outlived its usefulness.
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