Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive.

    last longer than others

  2. (nonstandard, transitive, uncommon)To wear out.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He hung his outwear in the entryway.

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  2. I don't want to refute this outworn idea.

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Forms

outwears, outwearing, outwore, outworn
Base formoutwear · to outwear
3rd person singularoutwears
Present participleoutwearing
Past simpleoutwore
Past participleoutworn

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutwear
he, she, itoutwears

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutwore

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outworn
he, she, ithas outworn

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outwear

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outwardB1outwardlyB2outwardsoutweighB1outwitouzoovalB2
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