adj
Meaning 1
In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
obsolescent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɒbsəˈlɛsənt/
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US: /ɑbsəˈlɛsənt/
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rhymes with -ɛsənt
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CMU ARPABET: AA2 B S AH0 L EH1 S AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
becoming obsolete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin obsolēscēns.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отпадащ от употреба (otpadašt ot upotreba) — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Catalan: obsolescent — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Finnish: vanhentuva — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- French: obsolescent — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- German: veraltend — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Greek: απαρχαιούμενος (aparchaioúmenos) — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Hindi: लोपोन्मुख (loponmukh) — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Hindi: लुप्तप्राय (luptaprāy) — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Hungarian: elavulóban lévő — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Hungarian: elavulófélben lévő — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Hungarian: régies — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Norwegian: på vei til å bli foreldet — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Polish: wychodzący z użycia — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Polish: zanikający — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Portuguese: obsolescente — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Russian: устарева́ющий (ustarevájuščij) — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Spanish: obsolescente — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
- Turkish: eskimekte — in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
Real reading context