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outlive

/ˌaʊtˈlɪv/verb

उच्चारण आउट्लिव

(किसी से) अधिक जीना, (किसी के) बाद तक जीवित रहना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb

    to live longer than somebody

    (किसी से) अधिक जीना, (किसी के) बाद तक जीवित रहना

    • She outlived her husband by twenty years.
    • Women generally outlive men.

    Synonyms survive outlast

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth

    to continue to exist after something has ended or been forgotten

    (किसी चीज़ के) बाद भी बने रहना

    • The old fort has outlived the kingdom that built it.

    Synonyms outlast survive

Idioms 1

outlive your usefulness

to no longer be useful

उपयोगिता खत्म हो जाना, किसी काम का न रहना

  • The old machines have outlived their usefulness.
  • Many of these laws have outlived their usefulness.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

survive outlast

?Which word?

Do not confuse outlive (to live longer than somebody) and outlast (to last longer than something).

Outlive (किसी से अधिक जीवित रहना) और outlast (किसी चीज़ से अधिक समय तक टिकना) में भ्रम न करें।