update

From up- +‎ date.

• (noun) enPR: ŭp'dāt, ŭp-dāt'; IPA^(key): /ˈʌp.deɪt/, IPA^(key): /ʌpˈdeɪt/

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• (verb) enPR: ŭp-dāt', IPA^(key): /ʌpˈdeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

update (plural updates)

1. An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.

   He gave me an update on the situation in New York.

2. A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.

   I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerillas.

3. An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.

   I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.

4. A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.

   Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.

   I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.

5. A version of something which is newer than other versions.

   You should try the update: it rocks.

In a software context there is a distinction between an update and an upgrade: updates usually include important security patches or bug fixes; an upgrade implies substantial new features and often has to be bought separately (in case of commercial software).

update (third-person singular simple present updates, present participle updating, simple past and past participle updated)

1. (transitive) To bring (a thing) up to date.

   I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.

2. (transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

   Update me on what happened while I was away.

• Danish: opdatere, opdatering
• French: updater

• update on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• tapued

From English update.

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. update (Classifier: 個／个 c)

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. to update

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. up-to-date

• up (ap1)

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Borrowed from English update.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏp.deːt/

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• Hyphenation: up‧date

update m (plural updates, diminutive updateje n)

1. An update.

   Synonym: bijwerking

• updaten

update

1. inflection of updater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• députa

Unadapted borrowing from English update.

update m or f (plural updates)

1. (colloquial) update

   Synonym: atualização

• "Update" in Dicionário Informal