outlast

Meanings

• Verb

  To continue or endure longer than someone or something else; last longer.

  - "Despite the harsh conditions, the seed managed to outlast its competitors."
  - "The old tree outlasted all its peers, standing tall for over 500 years."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with outlast
last , cast , blast , past

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Variants

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outlast , outlasted , outlasting , outlasts

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Etymology

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From Old English ūtlastan, meaning 'to wear out, exhaust'.

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Trivia

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1. The longest-lasting organism on Earth is a bacterium named Ming the Oceanic, which has been living in the Pacific Ocean for over 2,000 years.

2. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which means a type of lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles. This word has 45 letters and can be outlasted by the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

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Related Concepts

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1. Durability: The ability of an object or system to withstand wear, damage, or other destructive forces.

2. Resilience: The ability to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

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Culture

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The concept of outlasting has been explored in various forms of literature, particularly in survival stories and historical narratives. In art, the theme of endurance and survival is often depicted through the use of durable materials or motifs.

How to Memorize "outlast"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a race between two runners, where one keeps running longer than the other.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with images of long-lasting objects, such as ancient ruins or durable materials.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence like 'Outlast the others, that's the goal!'

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