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OBSOLESCE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they obsolesce ... he / she / it obsolesces
Past simple: obsolesced
-ing form: obsolescing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become obsolete, fall into disuse
Example:
This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "obsolesce" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
obsolescence (the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date)
obsolescent (becoming obsolete)