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