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up to date

up to date
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhp too deyt]
    • /ʌp tu deɪt/
    • /ʌp tuː deɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhp too deyt]
    • /ʌp tu deɪt/

Definitions of up to date words

  • adjective up to date (of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style. 1
  • adjective up to date in accordance with the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern. 1
  • adjective up to date extending to the present time; current; including the latest information or facts: an up-to-date report. 1
  • noun up to date a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 1
  • noun up to date the day of the month: Is today's date the 7th or the 8th? 1
  • noun up to date an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, delivery, etc.: a letter bearing the date January 16. 1
See all 26 definitions of up to date

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Origin of up to date

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Up to date

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Up to date

up to date popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for up to date

adjective up to date

  • accelerating — Present participle of accelerate.
  • advancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
  • already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
  • comer — You can use comers to refer to people who arrive at a particular place.
  • commenced — Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
All 16 Synonyms of up to date

Antonyms for up to date

adjective up to date

  • eventually — In the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.
  • never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
All 2 Antonyms of up to date

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