outliving
present participle ofoutlive
outlive
verb[T]
uk/ˌaʊtˈlɪv/us/ˌaʊtˈlɪv/toliveorexistlongerthan someone or something:
He outlived all of hisbrothers.
Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat deathidiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- immortal
- last out
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- life form
- life history
- pelagic
- raise
- raisesomeonefrom the deadidiom
- revenant
- social life
- subsist
- vital
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Continue & last
Idiom
outliveyourusefulness
Examplesofoutliving
outliving
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
These annuities provide insurance against retirees and their spousesoutlivingtheir retirement savings.
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Table 7 shows that the female elderly is more at risk ofoutlivingtheir available savings than the male elderly.
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A specific worry expressed in several interviews was the consequences ofoutlivingsavings and being evicted from the care-home because the local authority would not agree to meet the fees.
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One difficult decision concerns longevity risk, where individuals face the possibility ofoutlivingtheir resources or, alternatively, of foregoing consumption by dying before wealth is exhausted.
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An average woman can count onoutlivingan average man by between 12 months and four years.
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Many of them attain a great old age and, byoutlivingtheir friends, cannot have the companionship to which they were accustomed.
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That equipment is extremely difficult to maintain and isoutlivingits usefulness.
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There are no staple industries that are apparentlyoutlivingtheir usefulness.
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Experience has shown that statutory advisory committees have a way ofoutlivingtheir usefulness.
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You may lead a man to church, but you cannot force him to believe, except by theoutlivingof your life and the example you set.
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He died in 1933 from bronchial cancer, his wifeoutlivinghim by twenty-six years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She remained there until 1893,outlivingher husband by thirty years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is thought to have died there in 1336,outlivingher brothers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Following the market downturn of 200809, 61% of working baby boomers are concerned aboutoutlivingtheir retirement assets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, participants do not necessarily purchase annuities with their savings upon retirement, and bear the risk ofoutlivingtheir assets.
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