Meaning & use
outlast
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To last longer than someone or something else; to survive or endure beyond.
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The old oak tree has outlasted three generations of the family who planted it.
Her determination allowed her to outlast every other competitor in the endurance race.
A note on using this word
"Outlast" combines "out-" (surpassing) with "last" (to endure), a pattern shared by similar words like "outrun" and "outsmart."
Words with a similar meaning
outliveoutsurvive
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