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Meaning of "obsolesce" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBSOLESCE

obsolesce  [ˌɒbsəˈlɛs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBSOLESCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obsolesce is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb obsolesce in English.

WHAT DOES OBSOLESCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of obsolesce in the English dictionary

The definition of obsolesce in the dictionary is to become obsolete.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OBSOLESCE

PRESENT

Present
I obsolesce
you obsolesce
he/she/it obsolesces
we obsolesce
you obsolesce
they obsolesce
Present continuous
I am obsolescing
you are obsolescing
he/she/it is obsolescing
we are obsolescing
you are obsolescing
they are obsolescing
Present perfect
I have obsolesced
you have obsolesced
he/she/it has obsolesced
we have obsolesced
you have obsolesced
they have obsolesced
Present perfect continuous
I have been obsolescing
you have been obsolescing
he/she/it has been obsolescing
we have been obsolescing
you have been obsolescing
they have been obsolescing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I obsolesced
you obsolesced
he/she/it obsolesced
we obsolesced
you obsolesced
they obsolesced
Past continuous
I was obsolescing
you were obsolescing
he/she/it was obsolescing
we were obsolescing
you were obsolescing
they were obsolescing
Past perfect
I had obsolesced
you had obsolesced
he/she/it had obsolesced
we had obsolesced
you had obsolesced
they had obsolesced
Past perfect continuous
I had been obsolescing
you had been obsolescing
he/she/it had been obsolescing
we had been obsolescing
you had been obsolescing
they had been obsolescing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will obsolesce
you will obsolesce
he/she/it will obsolesce
we will obsolesce
you will obsolesce
they will obsolesce
Future continuous
I will be obsolescing
you will be obsolescing
he/she/it will be obsolescing
we will be obsolescing
you will be obsolescing
they will be obsolescing
Future perfect
I will have obsolesced
you will have obsolesced
he/she/it will have obsolesced
we will have obsolesced
you will have obsolesced
they will have obsolesced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been obsolescing
you will have been obsolescing
he/she/it will have been obsolescing
we will have been obsolescing
you will have been obsolescing
they will have been obsolescing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would obsolesce
you would obsolesce
he/she/it would obsolesce
we would obsolesce
you would obsolesce
they would obsolesce
Conditional continuous
I would be obsolescing
you would be obsolescing
he/she/it would be obsolescing
we would be obsolescing
you would be obsolescing
they would be obsolescing
Conditional perfect
I would have obsolesce
you would have obsolesce
he/she/it would have obsolesce
we would have obsolesce
you would have obsolesce
they would have obsolesce
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been obsolescing
you would have been obsolescing
he/she/it would have been obsolescing
we would have been obsolescing
you would have been obsolescing
they would have been obsolescing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you obsolesce
we let´s obsolesce
you obsolesce
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to obsolesce
Past participle
obsolesced
Present Participle
obsolescing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBSOLESCE


bless
blɛs
coalesce
ˌkəʊəˈlɛs
convalesce
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛs
deviless
ˈdɛvəlɛs
gentilesse
ˈdʒɛntəˌlɛs
less
lɛs
Manizales
ˌmænɪˈzɑːlɛs
nevertheless
ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs
nimblesse
ˈnɪmblɛs
noblesse
nəʊˈblɛs
nonetheless
ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs
opalesce
ˌəʊpəˈlɛs
outbless
ˌaʊtˈblɛs
prebless
priːˈblɛs
recalesce
ˌriːkəˈlɛs
rulesse
ruːˈlɛs
simplesse
ˈsɪmplɛs
unless
ʌnˈlɛs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBSOLESCE

obsessive-compulsive disorder
obsessively
obsessiveness
obsessor
obsidian
obsidional
obsidionary
obsign
obsignation
obsignatory
obsolescence
obsolescence clause
obsolescent
obsolescently
obsolete
obsoletely
obsoleteness
obsoletion
obsoletism
obstacle

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBSOLESCE

acquiesce
compesce
deliquesce
effervesce
effloresce
evanesce
fluoresce
incandesce
intumesce
liquesce
luminesce
phosphoresce
quiesce
recrudesce
rejuvenesce
tumesce
uncoalesce

Synonyms and antonyms of obsolesce in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obsolesce» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBSOLESCE

Find out the translation of obsolesce to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obsolesce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obsolesce» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

obsolesce
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obsolescencia
570 millions of speakers

English

obsolesce
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obsolesce
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

obsolesce
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

obsolesce
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obsolescência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

obsolesce
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obsolescence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Obsolesce
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

obsolesce
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

obsolesce
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더 이상 사용되지 않는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obsesi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

obsolesce
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

obsolesce
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लुप्त होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obsolesce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obsolescenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obsolesce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

obsolesce
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deprecierea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βραχυβιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

obsolesce
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obsolesce
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obsolesce
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obsolesce

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSOLESCE»

The term «obsolesce» is used very little and occupies the 152.992 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSOLESCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obsolesce» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obsolesce» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obsolesce

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSOLESCE»

Discover the use of obsolesce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obsolesce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Talent Advantage: How to Attract and Retain the Best and ...
TALENT. ISN'T. FOREVER—IT. CAN. OBSOLESCE. Talent has a shelf life in most cases. Four key areas where talent can obsolesce: 1. IT Talent We worked on strategy development with the executive ...
Alan Weiss, Nancy MacKay, 2009
2
Dictionary of Bibliometrics
If a group of documents receives few citations after only a few years in existence, the documents are said to have high obsolescence, to obsolesce quickly, or to age quickly. Documents that continue to get cited year after year are said to have  ...
Virgil P Diodato, Peter Gellatly, 2013
3
Niedecker and the Correspondence with Zukofsky, 1931-1970
Another Niedecker poem alludes to a small debate: Could You Be Right11* He asked: Will man obsolesce when he sends the rays against himself? And she, sore-pressed: Absurd! - obsolesce is not a word. But think of Troy, it was a word ...
Jenny Lynn Penberthy, 1993
4
Engineering And Technical Education In India
Infrastrutural facilities and their obsolesce are also greatest drawbacks. Upgradation of technology is very fast and, hence, removal of obsolesce is a must, which involves huge capital requirement. Probably, the foremost important is the ...
Pradeep Chaturvedi, 2003
5
Report 32: Probabilistic Assessment of Existing Structures - ...
The obsolesce term involves the cost of demolition and reconstruction as well as an estimate for the distribution of times until a structure becomes obsolete. This distribution may change at each decision point. Alternatively, obsolesce can be ...
Dimitris Diamantidis, 2001
6
Eadoption and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, ...
Technological obsolesce is a particular concern for eID as systems face increasingly sophisticated attacks. EU eID systems are at various rates of development, and are therefore exposed to varying obsolesce rates, which may impact security.
P. Cunningham, Miriam Cunningham, 2004
7
Programming Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
The newer APIs layer and extend, but most certainly do not obsolesce conventional ADO.NET. And while they each have different use cases and provide different levels of abstraction, they also typically do not obsolesce one another (though ...
Leonard Lobel, Andrew Brust, 2012
8
Lorine Niedecker Collected Works
Dear fiddler: you'll carry a counter that sings when man sprays rays on small whirring things. s Could You Be Right He asked: Will man obsolesce when he sends the rays against himself? And she, sore-pressed: Absurd!— obsolesce is not a ...
Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy, 2002
9
Cyberfiction: After the Future
She insists simply that the human will obsolesce. As intercourse gives way to engineering as a means of reproduction the prospect will emerge of creating new forms of life irreducible to either the human or its feral double, the animal.
Paul Youngquist, 2010
10
Going Home: Essays, Articles, and Stories in Honour of the ...
In contrast to words that change meaning or obsolesce over time, the emergence of neologisms—often the result of borrowing from cognate languages— also posed a problem for translators, as new semantic possibilities were made ...
Pete Myers

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBSOLESCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obsolesce is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is Obama the Obsolete Man?
Another Obama Obsolesce policy is his apocalyptic foreign policy which has the U.S. mired in an existential Cold Wars with Iran, Afghanistan, ... «RenewAmerica, Jul 15»
2
Council votes to approve auditorium sale
For many years, the auditorium was the place to be for all major events, he said, but over the years “functional obsolesce took its toll.” “I don't ... «Norfolk Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Four Books That Should Be On Every City Official's Summer …
She describes the history of how America's infrastructure made the U.S. a world leader, how it fell behind other nations through obsolesce and ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
4
Four Books That Should Be On Every City Officials' Summer …
She describes the history of how America's infrastructure made the U.S. a world leader, how it fell behind other nations through obsolesce and ... «PublicCEO.com, Jun 15»
5
OCCC pool hosts final meet before shutdown with Firecracker Open
Sechrist said that the pool was close to its “functional and physical obsolesce,” and that “without significant investment, it's only a matter of time ... «SwimSwam, Jun 15»
6
Lessons learned from walking the edges of E3
I purposefully say Flip, because this camera is innovation on a leash already being pulled by obsolesce. The Ricoh Theta will expose the ... «GeekWire, Jun 15»
7
Helping tillers with technology: Now, Farmers can request a …
"From an economic standpoint, it is an effective model as there is no obsolesce of technology as machines last for years," said Kartik Srivatsa, ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
8
How Apple Music May Literally Change The Way Songs Sound
Although CDs have long been edging toward obsolesce, mixing and mastering practices optimized for CDs, and by extension, MP3s, have long ... «The FADER, Jun 15»
9
Irving Shipbuilding tax deal approved by Halifax regional council
City Lawyer John traves - difficult to account for obsolesce - so went with ... have limited application - wud have to be large and have obsolesce. «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
10
Christine Rebet
There, I learned how to animate in 35 mm, and I have stayed faithful to this traditional technique, even as I've watched the medium obsolesce. «Artforum, Jun 15»

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