outmoding
outmoding is the present participle and gerund of outmode.
Meaning of outmode
Verb
outmode (third-person singular simple present outmodes, present participle outmoding, simple past and past participle outmoded)
- To render (something) no longer fashionable.
- Thus, in this age of ideological convergence and the outmoding of rigid doctrine, a new pragmatic [relationship] of immense importance seems to be developing here.1971 February 26, C. L. Sulzberger, “FOREIGN AFFAIRS”, in The New York Times
Noun
outmoding (plural outmodings)
- The act or process of something becoming outmoded.
- And these outstrippings and outmodings, they assert, were necessary and desirable, considering the internal limitations of the lyric form.1994, Herbert A. Leibowitz, Parnassus: Twenty Years of Poetry in Review, page 320
Forms of outmoding
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Questions about outmoding
- What does outmoding mean?
- Outmoding means the act or process of something becoming outmoded.
- What is outmoding the present participle and gerund of?
- Outmoding is the present participle and gerund of outmode.
- What part of speech is outmoding?
- Outmoding is a noun.
- What is the plural of outmoding?
- The plural of outmoding is outmodings.
Words near outmoding in the dictionary
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