Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Out-of-date

Definition: Out-of-date

Out-of-date

Adjective

1. Old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Out-of-date

Synonyms: obsolete (adj), outdated (adj), superannuated (adj). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: expired ticket (transportation), out of date ticket, progressive phase-out date (law, transportation).

Top     

Crosswords: Out-of-date

Specialty definitions using "out-of-date": Apparel. (references)

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: Out-of-date

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In general, locally made leather chemicals are out-of-date and are poor quality. (references)

Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. (references)

As packaging technologies and equipment for the beauty industry are still very out-of-date, locally made packaging is usually inferior to Western in terms of quality and design. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

The majority of hospital purchases is aimed at replacing some out-of-date equipment and purchasing basic supplies. (references)

Egypt

Law 38 of 1993, an amendment to the out-of-date 1954 copyright law, increased penalties against piracy and provided specific protection to computer software. (references)

Human Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

In these cases, the authorities resorted to false or out-of-date charges of common crimes unrelated to the detainees' political activity. (references)

Minorities

Brunei

The country's colonial-era naturalization laws are viewed widely as out-of-date and in need of reform. (references)

Worker Rights

Egypt

Statistical information regarding the number of working children is difficult to obtain and often out-of-date. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Usage Frequency: Out-of-date

"Out-of-date" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Out-of-date" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%9334,067

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Out-of-date

Language Translations for "out-of-date"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

过时 (Antiquated, Obsolete, Outdated). (various references)

   

German

  

veraltet (antiquated, archaic, dated, dead, obsolescent, obsolete, obsoletely, out of date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, timeworn). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アウストロネシア語族 (Austronesian languages, autarchy, highway, out, out boxing, out count, out of bounds, out of fashion, out wear, outback, outdoor, outdoor game, outdoor life, outdoor shop, outdoor sports, outdrive, outer, outer space, Outerior, outerwear, outpocket, output, outside corner, outside pitch, outside track, outsider, out-sourcing, outstanding). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アウトオブデート . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

out-of-dateay

   

Russian 

  

устаревший (antiquated, demode, moldy, moss-grown, moth-eaten, mouldy, obsolete, out of date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, passe, rococo, rusty, timeworn, time-worn). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utgångna (out of date, out of print, out-of-print). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ล้าสมัย (archaic, dowdy, old-world, superannuated). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

lỗi thời (fossil, mouldy, out of date, outdated, outmoded, square), không còn đúng mốt nữa (out of date). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: Out-of-date

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-o-o-t-t-u"

-2 letters: fadeout, outdate.

-3 letters: autoed, fatted, footed, outate, outeat, tauted, tooted, touted, tufted.

-4 letters: afoot, datto, defat, fated, outdo, outed, toted.

-5 letters: auto, daft, date, dato, daut, deaf, deft, doat, dote, duet, fade, fado, fate, feat, feod, feta, feud, food, foot, odea, otto, tate, taut, teat, toad, toea, toed, toft, tofu, toot, tote, tout, tufa.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-o-o-t-t-u"
 

+2 letters: footfaulted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Out-of-date


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 75 74 2D 6F 66 2D 64 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110101 01110100 00101101 01101111 01100110 00101101 01100100 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#117 &#116 &#45 &#111 &#102 &#45 &#100 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0075 0074 002D 006F 0066 002D 0064 0061 0074 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4987861581721570678671

Top     

Non-English Dictionaries with "Out-of-date"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , китайский, китаец, kinesisk

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzung德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , deutsch, Deutsche, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , немецкий, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, người Nga tiếng Nga

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning瑞典語 , 瑞典语, schwedisch, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Thai

พจนานุกรม泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailändisch, Thailänder, たい", thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", вьетнамский, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, английский, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.