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- [verb uhp-deyt, uhp-deyt; noun uhp-deyt]
- /verb ʌpˈdeɪt, ˈʌpˌdeɪt; noun ˈʌpˌdeɪt/
- /ʌpˈdeɪt/
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- [verb uhp-deyt, uhp-deyt; noun uhp-deyt]
- /verb ʌpˈdeɪt, ˈʌpˌdeɪt; noun ˈʌpˌdeɪt/
Definitions of update word
- verb with object update to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook. 1
- verb with object update Computers. to incorporate new or more accurate information in (a database, program, procedure, etc.). 1
- verb with object update to bring (a person, organization, etc.) up to date on a particular subject: The magazine article will update you on the international situation. 1
- noun update an act or instance of updating: to make an update in a financial ledger. 1
- noun update information or data used in updating. 1
- noun update an updated version, model, or the like. 1
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Origin of update
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; up- + date1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Update
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
update popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
update usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for update
verb update
- advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
noun update
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- news — netnews
- newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
Antonyms for update
verb update
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
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