different between used vs obsolete

English

Etymology

From Middle English used, equivalent to use +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju?zd/
• (past of use): enPR: yo?ozd, IPA^(key): /ju?zd/
• (auxiliary verb): IPA^(key): /ju?zd/, /ju?st/
• Rhymes: -u?st

Verb

used

1. simple past tense and past participle of use
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75

     In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.

   You used me!

2. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]

   He used to live here, but moved away last year.

Adjective

used (comparative more used, superlative most used)

1. That is or has or have been used.

2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

3. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
   • 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"

     Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you're gonna have to get used to it.

Synonyms

• (having been used):
• (previously owned by someone else): pre-owned, second-hand

Antonyms

• (having been used): unused
• (previously owned by someone else): new

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• usedness

Translations

See also

• used to

Anagrams

• Dues, desu, dues, duse, sued

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)

1. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).

   Synonyms: antiquated, deprecated, disused

2. (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)

1. (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

1. inflection of obsolet:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

obsolete f pl

1. 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?)

1. 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

1. vocative masculine singular of obsol?tus

References

• obsolete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers