verb
- to live longer than someone or something else
- to continue to exist after something else has ended or become obsolete
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘outlive’
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘outlive’
Examples
- She outlives her husband by twenty years.
- The old oak tree outlives many generations of families.
- His reputation outlives his actual achievements.
- The tradition outlives the original reason for its existence.
- This building outlives most of the structures built in the same era.
- Her influence outlives her time in office.