Meanings
present singular third person outlasts · participle present outlasting · participle past outlasted · past outlasted
- transitiveTo live, last or remain longer than.
The tool outlasted its need.
2 more examples
Some think that classical music would outlast pop.
At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.
1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Old Englishlǣstan
- Middle Englishlasten
- Englishlast
- Englishoutlast
Translations
Bulgarian надживявам
- надживявам (nadživjavam)to live longer than
Finnish kestää kauemmin kuin
- kestää kauemmin kuinto live longer than
French survivre, durer
- survivreto live longer than
- durerto live longer than
- perdurerto live longer than
German überdauern, überleben
- überdauernto live longer than
- überlebento live longer than
Italian durare più di, andare oltre
- durare più dito live longer than
- andare oltreto live longer than
Polish przetrwać, przeżyć
- przetrwaćto live longer than
- przeżyćto live longer than
Portuguese prevalecer
- prevalecerto live longer than
Russian протяну́ть, продержа́ться
- протяну́ть (protjanútʹ)to live longer than
- продержа́ться (proderžátʹsja)to live longer than
Spanish durar / vivir más que
- durar / vivir más queto live longer than
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with outlast
Cite this entry
outlast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlast
“outlast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlast. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outlast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlast.
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