outlive

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- +‎ live. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /aʊtˈlɪv/ Rhymes: -ɪv === Verb === outlive (third-person singular simple present outlives, present participle outliving, simple past and past participle outlived) (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. 1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII.: And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time). (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live. ==== Synonyms ==== (live longer than): survive ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “live longer than”): predecease ==== Hyponyms ==== (live longer than): postdecease ==== Derived terms ==== outliver ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “outlive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outlive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === live out, ovulite