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obsoleting

obsoleting is the present participle and gerund of obsolete.

Meaning of obsolete

Verb

obsolete (third-person singular simple present obsoletes, present participle obsoleting, simple past and past participle obsoleted)

  1. (transitive) To cause to become obsolete.
    • This software component has been obsoleted.
    Synonyms:
    antiquate

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Questions about obsoleting

What is obsoleting the present participle and gerund of?
Obsoleting is the present participle and gerund of obsolete.

Words near obsoleting in the dictionary

  1. obsoleteness
  2. obsoletenesses
  3. obsoleter
  4. obsoleters
  5. obsoletes
  6. obsoleting
  7. obsoletion
  8. obsoletions
  9. obsoletism
  10. obsoletisms
  11. obsoletor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obsoleting (page history and authors); obsolete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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