Obsolete vs Universe - What's the difference?
obsolete | universe |
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
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, title= (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
(US)
The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.
An entity similar to our Universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
Everything under consideration.
An imaginary collection of worlds.
Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.
As an adjective obsolete
is no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).As a verb obsolete
is to cause to become obsolete.As a noun universe is
the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.As a proper noun Universe is
the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.obsolete
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Adjective
(en adjective)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete .}}
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* (no longer in use) ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, disused, neglected, old, old-fashioned, out of date * abortive, obscure, rudimentalDerived terms
* obsoletenessVerb
(obsolet)Oxford DictionaryTo cause to become obsolete.
- This software component has been obsoleted .
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
Usage notes
* (term) is often used in computing and other technical fields to indicate an effort to remove or replace something. * CompareReferences
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Alternative forms
* Universe (dated or religious)Noun
(en noun)- I think that the universe was created by a life force rather than a deity .
- In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.
- The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.
- That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe .