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verb
- 1. make (something) more modern or up to date: "security measures are continually updated and improved" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of bringing something or someone up to date, or an updated version of something: "an update on recently published crime figures"
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1. : an act or instance of updating. 2. : current information for updating something. 3. : an up-to-date version, account, or report. Synonyms. Verb. contemporize. modernize. streamline.
a more recent, and usually improved, form of something, especially something that is regularly changed: Each software update has a version number. an update of sth The latest version is a much improved update of the original program.
Update definition: to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections. See examples of UPDATE used in a sentence.
a more recent, and usually improved, form of something, especially something that is regularly changed: Each software update has a version number. an update of sth The latest version is a much improved update of the original program.
When you renovate or improve something, changing it to make it more modern, you can say you update it. The process of doing this can also be called an update. If you decide to download the latest version of an app or program, you update it, and when you add recent information to your resume before starting a job search, you also update that.
An update is a news item containing the latest information about a particular situation. She had heard the news-flash on a TV channel's news update. American English : update / ʌpˈdeɪt, ˈʌpdeɪt /
to give somebody the most recent information about something; to add the most recent information to something synonym bring up to date. update somebody I'll be updating you shortly. update somebody on something I called the office to update them on the day's developments.
1. To alter so as to be up to date: update a textbook; update the files. 2. To inform (someone) with the latest information. n. (ŭp′dāt′) 1. Information that updates something or someone. 2. The act or an instance of bringing something or someone up to date. 3. An updated version of something.
noun. /ˈʌpdeɪt/ a report or broadcast that gives the most recent information about something; a new version of something containing the most recent information. They will send you regular updates by email. a news/weather update. update on something Now let's get an update on our other big story of the day.
update noun [C] (NEW FORM) B2. a new form of something that existed at an earlier time: It's an update of an old 60's movie. (Definition of update from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
