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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 updating something or someone 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.
to make something more accurate and suitable for use now by showing new facts or conditions: The school’s budget is updated annually. When you move, don’t forget to update your mailing address. To update is also to make something more modern: The old procedures need to be updated and streamlined.
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.
to make something more accurate and suitable for use now by showing new facts or conditions: The school’s budget is updated annually. When you move, don’t forget to update your mailing address. To update is also to make something more modern: The old procedures need to be updated and streamlined.
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 update something, you make it more modern, usually by adding new parts to it or giving new information. He was back in the office, updating the work schedule on the computer. [ VERB noun ]
update meaning, definition, what is update: to add the most recent information to so...: Learn more.
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.
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)
update. noun. /ˈʌpdeɪt/. /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.
