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verb ( obsolet, ing)
- (nonstandard) To perform some action that causes, or attempts to cause, something to become obsolete.
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This software component has been obsoleted.
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
adjective
- (context, of words, equipment, etc.) no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
- (biology) imperfect, Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
proper noun
- An ancient Celtic alphabet historically used in Britain and Ireland.
noun
- (orthography): A hook-shaped diacritical mark attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in ą, Ąą, ę, Ęę, į, Įį, ǫ,
Ǫǫ or ų, Ųų.
adjective (( compar) older or elder, ( superl) oldest or eldest)
- Of an object, concept, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
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- an abandoned building
- Of a living being, having lived for relatively many years.
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- a wrinkled man
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
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- How are they? She"s five years and he"s seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-.
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- My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years .
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- a five-year- car
- former, Former, previous.
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- My new car is not as good as my one.
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1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
- : But over my life, a new life had formed.
- obsolete, Obsolete; out-of-date.
- That is the way of doing things; now we do it this way.
- tiresome, Tiresome
- Your constant pestering is getting .
noun
- the name for the 15th letter of Classical Greek, Classical and Modern Greek. The 16th in Ancient Greek, Ancient and Old Greek.
adjective
- of, or relating to a personal or place name
- of, or relating to onomastics
noun
- A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.
- ''We looked up the origin of her name in an .
noun ( plurale tantum)
- The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming.
noun
- the study of the origins of names; onomastics
noun
- (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
- (countable) A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "moo" or "hiss".
noun
- A male given name, ultimately derived from Aurelius
adjective
- Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
- Of, or relating to, orthography.
noun ( orthographies)
- The study of correct spelling according to established usage.
- The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
- Spelling; the method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols.
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