outlive
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outlived;
outliving
outlives;
outlived;
outliving
Learner's definition of OUTLIVE
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to live longer than (someone)
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No mother wants to outlive her children.
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He outlived his wife by 10 years.
2
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to continue to exist longer than (something)
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to outlast (something)
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The law has outlived its usefulness. [=the law still exists, but it is no longer useful]
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