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1 outlive
outlive [‚aʊt'lɪv]survivre à;∎ she outlived her husband by only six months elle n'a survécu à son mari que six mois;∎ he'll outlive us all at this rate au train où il va, il nous enterrera tous;∎ the measures have outlived their usefulness les mesures n'ont plus de raison d'être -
2 outlive
outlive [aʊtˈlɪv]* * *[ˌaʊt'lɪv]transitive verb survivre à [person]it has outlived its usefulness — il/elle a fait son temps
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3 survive
survive [sə'vaɪv](a) (remain alive) survivre;∎ nobody thought she'd survive personne ne pensait qu'elle survivrait(b) (cope, pull through)∎ how can they survive on such low wages? comment font-ils pour vivre ou pour subsister avec des salaires si bas?;∎ he earned just enough to survive on il gagnait tout juste de quoi survivre;∎ those toys wouldn't survive two minutes with our kids ces jouets ne survivraient pas plus de deux minutes avec nos gamins;∎ familiar it'll be awful, I don't know how I'll survive! ça va être horrible, je ne sais pas comment je vais m'en sortir!;∎ familiar how's things? - I'm surviving comment ça va? - pas trop mal;∎ familiar don't worry, I'll survive! ne t'inquiète pas, je n'en mourrai pas!(c) (remain, be left) subsister;∎ only a dozen of his letters have survived il ne subsiste ou reste qu'une douzaine de ses lettres(a) (live through) survivre à, réchapper à ou de;∎ few of the soldiers survived the battle peu de soldats ont survécu à la bataille;∎ we thought he'd never survive the shock nous pensions qu'il ne se remettrait jamais du choc(b) (cope with, get through) supporter;∎ she survived the death of her father better than expected elle a surmonté la mort de son père mieux que prévu;∎ I never thought I'd survive the evening! jamais je n'aurais cru que je tiendrais jusqu'à la fin de la soirée!(c) (outlive, outlast) survivre à;∎ she survived her husband by twenty years elle a survécu vingt ans à son mari;∎ she is survived by two daughters elle laisse deux filles(d) (withstand) survivre à, résister à;∎ the house didn't survive the storm la maison n'a pas survécu ou résisté à la tempête;∎ her beauty has survived the passage of time sa beauté a résisté au temps
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outlive — ► VERB ▪ live or last longer than … English terms dictionary
outlive — outlive, outlast, survive are comparable when they mean to remain in existence longer than another person or thing or after a given experience. Outlive carries a strong implication of a capacity for endurance and is especially appropriate when… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
outlive — verb /aʊtˈlɪv/ a) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date. b) To live through or past (a given time). If anything / it… … Wiktionary
outlive — verb Outlive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑usefulness … Collocations dictionary
outlive — verb (T) 1 to live longer than someone else: She outlived her husband by twenty years. 2 to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared: The military regime has outlived its statutory term by three years. | outlive its… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
outlive — verb 1》 live longer than. ↘survive or last beyond. 2》 archaic live through (an experience) … English new terms dictionary
outlive — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to live beyond or longer than < outlived most of his friends > < outlive its usefulness > 2. to survive the effects of < universities…outlive many political and social changes J. B. Conant > … New Collegiate Dictionary
outlive — [[t]a͟ʊtlɪ̱v[/t]] outlives, outliving, outlived VERB If one person outlives another, they are still alive after the second person has died. If one thing outlives another thing, the first thing continues to exist after the second has disappeared… … English dictionary
outlive — UK [ˌaʊtˈlɪv] / US [aʊtˈlɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms outlive : present tense I/you/we/they outlive he/she/it outlives present participle outliving past tense outlived past participle outlived 1) to live longer than someone else She outlived… … English dictionary
outlive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. survive, outlast. See durability. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. live longer than, outlast, last; see endure 1 , survive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. see outlast IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb … English dictionary for students
outlive — out|live [ aut lıv ] verb transitive 1. ) to live longer than someone else: She outlived her husband by two years. 2. ) to continue to exist after something else has stopped: His general theories have outlived those of his contemporaries … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English