to outlast
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4.4
- verb
- /aʊtˈlæst/
- Guerilla war has a destructive consequence that outlasts the civil war in which it began.
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Watch on YouTubeBut that's the power of going all out because it outlasts you, you know what I'm saying?
- But that's the power of going all out because it outlasts you, you know what I'm saying?
- Gill, Alex Ferguson, all the players outlasted us all.
- There are no days off and if you want it badly enough, you will outlast a lot of people.
- Grinner says his biggest concern is that Milay's movement won't outlast his presidency.
- Is our work meaning the general world of AII think we can build intelligent machines that outlast us?
- I think what we're really trying to do is to understand ourselves as inheritors of a tradition that will outlast us.
- Rishi Sunak, who took over from Liz Truss's very brief stint as a Prime Minister who didn't outlast a head of lettuce.
- And so I will be able to outlast longer players pursuit.
- You build a strong, healthy business that can outlast fabulous.
- This thick buildable formula multitasks and outlasts from root to tip.
- How about that luck that I outlasted the banks and I said this guy's got a lucky charm.
Examples
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To maintain power, control, which will give him a shelf life that'll outlast every politician on Capitol Hill and in the White House.
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The real goal is to endure the expenditure of energy to outlast your opponent.
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But even a great man can outlast his time.
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We have to outlast them.
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There are no days off and if you want it badly enough, you will outlast a lot of people.
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We have the numbers, and we will outlast the Germans.
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We have a chance, if we can just outlast Wulf's army.
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A young couple insistent on getting married can often outlast their elders.
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These hunts continued for another century, outlasting the Western Roman Empire itself.
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To succeed in this competition, you must outlast all your challengers.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To continue for a period of time
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2.5
Live after someone close to you has died
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3.6
To continue to exist for a long time despite problems
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3.4
Live longer than someone or something
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3.5
To keep existing for a long time, often longer than expected
To last for a very long time
Antonyms
How Long
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3.4
32
4.4
94
3.6
61
3.5
∞
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outlast is made of out- meaning 'more than' or 'beyond' and last meaning 'to continue'. So to outlast someone or something is to 'continue beyond' them, to live or stay longer than they do.