outlasted
past simple and past participle ofoutlast
outlast
verb[T]
uk/ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/us/ˌaʊtˈlæst/toliveorexist, or tostayenergeticanddetermined,longerthan anotherpersonor thing:
Theempressoutlasted all herchildren.
The Orioles outlasted theYankees,finallywinning10 to 9.
Synonyms
outlive
survive
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usualidiom
- bash on
- carry(something)on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- echo
- insist ondoing something
- jag
- keep atsomething
- keepsomeoneat itidiom
- leg
- push ahead
- push on
- run on
- runsomeone/somethingover
- seesomethingout
- soldier
- span
- spin
Examplesofoutlasted
outlasted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It has outlived its historical time andoutlastedits political purpose.
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This new form, the charter with a general address,outlastedthe writ-charter by centuries, though in the thirteenth century its use became increasingly limited.
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The whole enterpriseoutlastedthree of its editors.
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Although the oil shocks of the 1970s certainly contributed to these problems, the forces of changeoutlastedthe temporary energy shortages.
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The improvementoutlastedthe initial exhaustion.
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We can, however, take some encouragement from the fact that the firms haveoutlastedthe régime, and long may they continue to do so.
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The team was quite clear that the benefits of the project longoutlastedthe temporary licence, particularly in terms of self-esteem and skills learned.
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It hadoutlastedits usefulness, although in the first 25 years or so after 1944 it had served a very good purpose.
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Theyoutlastedthe development of modern society, and we cannot clear them away without spending a fortune.
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It was a scheme of such complexity that it evenoutlastedmy career.
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Their songs haveoutlastedtyrants.
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These temporary hutments haveoutlastedtheir useful life, and when the hostel was closed in 1952 it was decided that the heavy expenditure necessary to preserve them was not justified.
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The family is an institution that societies in general have abandoned at their peril, indeed, it is an institution that hasoutlastedmany of those societies themselves.
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The crafty veteranoutlastedthe competition on a shocking no stop strategy to win.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was also interested in music, especially church music, playing the organ and composing works thatoutlastedhim.
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