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obsolete
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verb (obsolet, ing)
  1. (nonstandard) To perform some action that causes, or attempts to cause, something to become obsolete.
This software component has been obsoleted.
We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
adjective
  1. (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).
  2. (biology) imperfect, Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
Ogham
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proper noun
  1. An ancient Celtic alphabet historically used in Britain and Ireland.
ogonek
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noun
  1. (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.
old
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adjective ((compar) older or elder, (superl) oldest or eldest)
  1. Of an object, concept, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
  • an abandoned building
    1. Of a living being, having lived for relatively many years.
  • a wrinkled man
    1. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
  • How are they? She"s five years and he"s seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-.
  • My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years .
  • a five-year- car
    1. former, Former, previous.
  • My new car is not as good as my one.
  1. 1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
  2. : But over my life, a new life had formed.
    1. obsolete, Obsolete; out-of-date.
  3. That is the way of doing things; now we do it this way.
    1. tiresome, Tiresome
    Your constant pestering is getting .
omicron
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noun
  1. the name for the 15th letter of Classical Greek, Classical and Modern Greek. The 16th in Ancient Greek, Ancient and Old Greek.
onomastic
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adjective
  1. of, or relating to a personal or place name
  2. of, or relating to onomastics
onomasticon
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noun
  1. A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.
''We looked up the origin of her name in an .
onomastics
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noun (plurale tantum)
  1. The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming.
onomatology
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noun
  1. the study of the origins of names; onomastics
onomatopoeia
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noun
  1. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
  2. (countable) A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "moo" or "hiss".
Oral
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noun
  1. A male given name, ultimately derived from Aurelius
orthographic
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adjective
  1. Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
    1. Of, or relating to, orthography.
orthography
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noun (orthographies)
  1. The study of correct spelling according to established usage.
  2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
  3. Spelling; the method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols.

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