overlive

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To survive; to live past.
2. (transitive) To outlive; live longer than.
3. (intransitive) To live too long.
4. (intransitive) To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

Sinonieme

outlive

survive

Vertalings

overleven

sobrevivir

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈlɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: overliven

Geërf van Old English: oferlibban

Verwante met Nederlands: overleven

Verwante met Duits: überleben

Verwante met Sweeds: överleva

In summary

From Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban (“to survive”), equivalent to over- + live. Cognate with Dutch overleven (“to survive”), German überleben (“to survive, outlive”), Swedish överleva (“to survive, outlive, outlast”).