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Obsolete — Studioalbum von Fear Factory Veröffentlichung 28. Juli 1998 Label Roadrunner Records … Deutsch Wikipedia
obsolète — [ ɔpsɔlɛt ] adj. • 1596; lat. obsoletus 1 ♦ Ling. Qui n est plus en usage. Mot obsolète. ⇒ ancien, désuet. 2 ♦ Écon. Dont l usage se raréfie au profit d une nouveauté. Une machine obsolète. ⇒ périmé, vieux. « l armement nucléaire, toujours… … Encyclopédie Universelle
obsolete — ob‧so‧lete [ˈɒbsəliːt ǁ ˌɑːbsəˈliːt] adjective if something is obsolete, it is old fashioned and no longer useful, because something newer or better has been invented: • Will handheld computers make books obsolete? • companies burdened with… … Financial and business terms
obsolete — I adjective abandoned, anachronistic, anachronous, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, archaistic, bygone, dated, dead, discarded, discontinued, dismissed, disused, early, expired, extinct, fallen into desuetude, fallen into… … Law dictionary
Obsolete — Ob so*lete, a. [L. obsoletus, p. p. of obsolescere. See {Obsolescent}.] 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obsolete — obsolete, obsolescent Both words are derived from Latin obsolescere meaning ‘to fall into disuse’. Something (either physical, such as a piece of machinery, or conceptual, such as a custom or idea) is obsolete when it is outdated and no longer… … Modern English usage
Obsolete — Ob so*lete, v. i. To become obsolete; to go out of use. [R.] Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obsolete — [äb΄sə lēt′, äb′sə lēt΄] adj. [L obsoletus, pp. of obsolescere, to go out of use < ob (see OB ) + * solescere (< exolescere, to grow out of use < ex ,EX 1 + ? alescere, to increase: see ADOLESCENT)] 1. no longer in use or practice;… … English World dictionary
obsolete — *old, antiquated, archaic, antique, ancient, venerable, antediluvian Antonyms: current … New Dictionary of Synonyms
obsolete — [adj] no longer in use, in vogue anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone*, dinosaur*, discarded, disused, done for*, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it*, has been*, horse and buggy* … New thesaurus
