- 1outlive somebody to live longer than somebody He outlived his wife by three years.
- 2outlive something to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared The machine had outlived its usefulness (= was no longer useful).
outlive
verbBrE BrE//ˌaʊtˈlɪv//; NAmE NAmE//ˌaʊtˈlɪv//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they outlive BrE BrE//ˌaʊtˈlɪv//; NAmE NAmE//ˌaʊtˈlɪv//
he / she / it outlives BrE BrE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvz//; NAmE NAmE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvz//
past simple outlived BrE BrE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvd//; NAmE NAmE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvd//
past participle outlived BrE BrE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvd//; NAmE NAmE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvd//
-ing form outliving BrE BrE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˌaʊtˈlɪvɪŋ//
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