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