Standard Lemma guide

outlive

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /aʊtˈlɪv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪv
  • CMU ARPABET: AW2 T L IH1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To live through or past (a given time).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To surpass in duration; outlast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To live longer; continue to live.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

live longer than

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She outlived her husband by many years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outlast, survive

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: надживявам (nadživjavam) — to live longer than
  • Danish: overleve — to live longer than
  • Dutch: overleven — to live longer than
  • Esperanto: postvivi — to live longer than
  • French: survivre à — to live longer than
  • German: überleben — to live longer than
  • Ancient Greek: διαζῶ (diazô) — to live longer than
  • Hungarian: túlél — to live longer than
  • Latin: supervīvō — to live longer than
  • Latin: supersto — to live longer than
  • Latin: relinquor — to live longer than
  • Latin: resto — to live longer than
  • Latin: reliquum sum — to live longer than
  • Macedonian: надживува (nadživuva) — to live longer than
  • Macedonian: надживее (nadživee) — to live longer than
  • Old English: oferlibban — to live longer than
  • Portuguese: sobreviver — to live longer than
  • Russian: пережи́ть (perežítʹ) — to live longer than
  • Russian: переживать (pereživatʹ) — to live longer than
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadživeti — to live longer than
  • Spanish: sobrevivir a — to live longer than
  • Spanish: supervivir — to live longer than
  • Swedish: överleva — to live longer than
  • Yiddish: איבערלעבן (iberlebn) — to live longer than