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proliferation
English
Etymology
From French proliférationMorphologically proliferate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???l?f???e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
proliferation (countable and uncountable, plural proliferations)
- (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
- (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
- (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
- (uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
Derived terms
Translations
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obsolete
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??bs?li?t/
- (US) enPR: äbs??l?t, IPA(key): /?bs??li?t/, /??bs?li?t/
Etymology 1
From Latin obsol?tus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsol?scere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.
Alternative forms
- absolete (obsolete)
Adjective
obsolete (comparative more obsolete, superlative most obsolete)
- (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).
- Synonyms: antiquated, deprecated, disused
- (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
- Synonyms: abortive, obscure, rudimental
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "obsolete" is often applied: word, phrase, equipment, computer, technology, weapon, machine, law, statute, currency, building, idea, skill, concept, custom, theory, tradition, institution.
Synonyms
- (no longer in use): see also Thesaurus:obsolete
Derived terms
- obsoleteness
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin obsol?t? (“degrade, soil, sully, stain, defile”)
Verb
obsolete (third-person singular simple present obsoletes, present participle obsoleting, simple past and past participle obsoleted)
- (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.
Usage notes
- To obsolete is often used in computing and other technical fields to indicate an effort to remove or replace something.
- Compare deprecated (“no longer considered correct usage”).
Synonyms
- antiquate; see also Thesaurus:make older
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- obsolete in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- obsolete in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- obsolete at OneLook Dictionary Search
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
obsolete
- inflection of obsolet:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
obsolete f pl
- feminine plural of obsoleto
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ob.so?le?.te?/, [?ps?????e?t?e?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /op.so?le.te/, [?ps??l??t??]
Adverb
obsol?t? (comparative obsol?tius, superlative obsol?tissim?)
- old
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ob.so?le?.te/, [?ps?????e?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /op.so?le.te/, [?ps??l??t??]
Participle
obsol?te
- vocative masculine singular of obsol?tus
References
- obsolete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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