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outlast

/ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/US/ˌaʊtˈlæst/

outlast verb: to live, last or remain longer than.

Verb

outlast (third-person singular simple present outlasts, present participle outlasting, simple past and past participle outlasted)

  1. (transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.
    • The tool outlasted its need.
    • Some think that classical music would outlast pop.

outlast meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

outlast in Tamil

நிலைத்திரு

outlast in Malayalam

ദീർഘതരമായിരിക്കുക, അധികകാലം നിൽക്കുക, ഈടുനിൽക്കുക

outlast in Kannada

ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಬಾಳಿಕೆ ಬರು, ಹೆಚ್ಚುಕಾಲ ಬಾಳು, ಬಹುಕಾಲ ಉಳಿ, ಬಾಳಿಕೆ ಬರು, ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಾಲ ಉಳಿ

Examples of outlast in a sentence

  • Then we tried to outlast each other on the merry-go-whirl of havoc!
  • Thus he projects humanlike consciousness into the deep, whalekind chronology that, Ishmael says, will outlast humankind's fated time.
  • German pundits called her Merkelvellian when she outsmarted, isolated or just outlasted anyone who might mount a challenge to her.

All 13 example sentences with outlast

Forms of outlast

third-person singular presentoutlasts
present participleoutlasting
past participleoutlasted
pastoutlasted

Past tense of outlast: outlasted

Origin of outlast

From out- + last.

Words that rhyme with outlast

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about outlast

What does outlast mean?
Outlast means to live, last or remain longer than.
What is outlast in Tamil?
Outlast in Tamil is நிலைத்திரு. See Outlast meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is outlast?
Outlast is a verb.
How do you pronounce outlast?
Outlast is pronounced /ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/ (UK).
What is the past tense of outlast?
The past tense of outlast is outlasted.

Words near outlast in the dictionary

  1. outlanes
  2. outlash
  3. outlashed
  4. outlashes
  5. outlashing
  6. outlast
  7. outlasted
  8. outlaster
  9. outlasters
  10. outlastest
  11. outlasteth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: outlast (page history and authors); outlast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlast (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlast (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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