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- [out-last, -lahst]
- /ˌaʊtˈlæst, -ˈlɑst/
- /ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [out-last, -lahst]
- /ˌaʊtˈlæst, -ˈlɑst/
Definitions of outlast word
- verb with object outlast to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them. 1
- verb with object outlast to live longer than; outlive. 1
- noun outlast Live or last longer than. 1
- transitive verb outlast last longer than 1
- verb outlast If one thing outlasts another thing, the first thing lives or exists longer than the second. 0
- verb outlast to last longer than 0
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Origin of outlast
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; out- + last2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Outlast
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
outlast popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
outlast usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for outlast
verb outlast
- outlive — to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.
- survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- endure — Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- hang on — the way in which a thing hangs.
Antonyms for outlast
verb outlast
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- fall apart — physically: into pieces
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
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