Etymology
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From up- + date.
Pronunciation
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update (plural updates)
- An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
He gave me an update on the situation in New York.
- A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerillas.
- An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
- 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.
- A version of something which is newer than other versions.
You should try the update: it rocks.
Usage notes
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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).
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action of making something up to date
- Afrikaans: opdateer
- Arabic: تحديث (taḥdīṯ)
- Bulgarian: актуализа́ция f (aktualizácija), обновя́ване n (obnovjávane)
- Catalan: actualització (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 更新 (zh) (gēngxīn)
- Czech: aktualizace (cs) f
- Danish: opdatering c
- Dutch: bijwerking (nl) f, actualisatie (nl) f
- Esperanto: ĝisdatigo
- Finnish: päivitys (fi)
- French: mise à jour (fr) f, actualisation (fr) f, update (fr) m
- Galician: actualización (gl) f
- Georgian: განახლება (ganaxleba)
- German: Aktualisierung (de) f, Update (de) n
- Greek: ενημέρωση (el) f (enimérosi)
- Hebrew: עִדְכּוּן m (idkún)
- Hindi: अद्यतनीकरण m (adyatnīkraṇ)
- Hungarian: frissítés (hu), (rare) aktualizáció (hu) , aktualizálás (hu)
- Ido: aktualigo
- Indonesian: pemutakhiran, pembaruan (id), pengkinian
- Italian: aggiornamento (it) m, attualizzazione (it) f
- Japanese: 更新 (ja) (こうしん, kōshin), アップデート (ja) (appudēto)
- Korean: 갱신(更新) (gaengsin), 업데이트 (eopdeiteu)
- Macedonian: ажурирање n (ažuriranje)
- Malay: kemas kini (ms), kemaskinian
- Maori: whakahāngaitanga, whakamohoatanga
- Northern Sotho: mpshafatša
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ajourføring m, oppdatering (no) m
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: بِه روز رَسانی (be ruz rasâni)
- Polish: aktualizacja (pl) f, uaktualnienie n
- Portuguese: atualização (pt) f
- Romanian: actualizare (ro) f
- Russian: обновле́ние (ru) n (obnovlénije), актуализа́ция (ru) f (aktualizácija), апде́йт (ru) m (apdɛ́jt)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: ažuriranje n, aktualizacija (sh) f
- Sicilian: attualizzazziuni f
- Slovak: aktualizácia f
- Slovene: posodobitev f, aktualizacija f
- Spanish: actualización (es) f
- Swahili: sasisho class 5/6
- Swedish: uppdatering (sv), aktualisering (sv)
- Tigrinya: ምሕዳስ (məḥdas)
- Turkish: güncelleme (tr)
- Ukrainian: оно́влення n (onóvlennja), актуаліза́ція f (aktualizácija)
- Urdu: عَصْرِیَت f ('asriyat)
- Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקונג f (derhayntikung)
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action of advising someone so that they are up to date
update (third-person singular simple present updates, present participle updating, simple past and past participle updated)
- (transitive) To bring (a thing) up to date.
I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
- (transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
Update me on what happened while I was away.
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to make something up to date
- Armenian: թարմացնել (hy) (tʻarmacʻnel)
- Bulgarian: актуализирам (bg) (aktualiziram)
- Catalan: actualitzar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 更新 (zh) (gēngxīn)
- Czech: aktualizovat (cs)
- Danish: opdatere (da)
- Dutch: bijwerken (nl), op punt stellen, actualiseren (nl)
- Esperanto: ĝisdatigi
- Estonian: aktualiseerima, uuendama
- Faroese: dagføra
- Finnish: päivittää (fi), ajantasaistaa
- French: mettre à jour (fr), actualiser (fr), updater (fr) (computing)
- Georgian: აახლებს (aaxlebs), განაახლებს (ganaaxlebs)
- German: aktualisieren (de), auf den neuesten Stand bringen, auf den jüngsten Stand bringen, aufdatieren (de)
- Greek: ενημερώνω (el) (enimeróno)
- Hebrew: עידכן (idken)
- Hungarian: aktualizál (hu), frissít (hu)
- Icelandic: uppfæra
- Ido: aktualigar (io)
- Indonesian: memutakhirkan (id), memperbarui (id)
- Italian: aggiornare (it), attualizzare (it)
- Japanese: 更新する (ja) (こうしんする, kōshin suru), アップデートする (ja) (appudēto suru)
- Kazakh: жаңғырту (jañğyrtu)
- Korean: 갱신하다 (gaengsinhada)
- Latvian: aktualizēt, atjaunināt
- Macedonian: ажурира (ažurira), обновува (obnovuva)
- Malay: mengemaskinikan
- Maori: whakahāngai, whakahou, whakamohoa
- Mongolian: шинэчлэх (mn) (šinečlex)
- Norwegian: oppdatere (no)
- Persian: بهروزرسانی (be-ruzresâni)
- Polish: aktualizować (pl) impf, zaktualizować pf, uaktualnić pf
- Portuguese: atualizar (pt) f
- Romanian: actualiza (ro)
- Russian: обновля́ть (ru) impf (obnovljátʹ), обнови́ть (ru) pf (obnovítʹ), актуализировать (ru) (aktualizirovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: ažurirati (sh), nadograditi (sh), aktualizirati (sh)
- Slovak: aktualizovať
- Slovene: aktualizirati, posodobiti
- Spanish: actualizar (es)
- Swedish: uppdatera (sv), aktualisera (sv)
- Tigrinya: ኣሐዲስ (ʾaḥädis)
- Turkish: güncellemek (tr)
- Ukrainian: актуалізувати (aktualizuvaty), оновлювати (onovljuvaty)
- Vietnamese: cập nhật (vi) (及日), cập nhật hóa (及日化)
- Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקן (derhayntikn)
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to advise a person so that they are up to date
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