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# outlast

«outlast» in Mova's school dictionary: **To last longer than something else: to keep going or keep…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (outlast, outlasts, outlasted, outlasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To last longer than something else: to keep going or keep working after the other has stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#m1)

2) To stay alive or stay in a contest longer than someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a hero may outlast a storm or outlast an enemy by not giving up. In science, one battery can outlast another; in sport, a runner can outlast the others in a long race. It tells the reader about patience, strength or lasting quality. Often followed by an object: outlast the storm, outlast the others.

### examples

- These new batteries outlast the cheap ones by hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x1)
- The little boat outlasted the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x2)
- She outlasted every other speller in the spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x3)
- Good boots will outlast a pair of trainers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x4)
- The old oak tree has outlasted three houses on this street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x5)
- Can you outlast me in a staring contest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x6)
- The castle walls outlasted the long siege. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: outlast, outlasted. Made from out- ("more than") + last ("keep going"). It needs an object: you outlast something or someone. In maths, if toy A lasts 5 hours and toy B lasts 3 hours, toy A outlasts toy B by 2 hours (a difference, so subtract).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outlast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.