out of date Значение & определение

Значение на out of date на български

• 0 If clothes, colours, styles, etc. are out of date, they are old and not fashionable:

  • That radio looks so out of date.

• 1 If information is out of date, it is old and not useful or correct:

  • an out-of-date phone directory

  • The guidebook I had for Chicago was out of date.

• 2 If food is out of date, it is old and not now safe to eat.

• 3 outdated:

  • The information in the book is out of date.

  • out-of-date fashions

• 4 laws, systems, processes, etc. that are out of date are no longer useful or correct because they are not based on recent changes or developments:

  • Current regulations are out of date.

  • 5/20/50, etc. years out of date In some cases, information provided by U.S. authorities was proved to be 10 years out of date.

  • hopelessly/completely/totally out of date The technology being used in some employment agencies is hopelessly out of date.

• 5 documents that are out of date are no longer legal because they do not contain recent details or information:

  • Forty planes were grounded when the company forgot to put renewed insurance documents on board and they were not allowed to take off with out-of-date papers.

  • an out-of-date passport/license plate

• 6 no longer considered to be modern or fashionable:

  • out-of-date fashions/hairstyles

  • look/seem/feel (5/20/50, etc. years) out of date The ambience of the bar now feels about 30 years out of date.

• 7 food, drink, or medicine that is out of date is no longer safe to eat, drink, or use because it has been kept for longer than it should have been:

  • The local store is stocked with out-of-date tins of food and has inconvenient opening hours.