Meanings
nounupdate (plural updates)
plural updates
- An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
- 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.
- A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
2 more examples
Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerrillas.
- computingA version of something which is newer than other versions.
You should try the update: it rocks.
1 more example
The mid-season update for MW3 is here, introducing quite a bit of content across all three of CoD’s modes.
2024 March 6, John Esposito, “MW3 Zombies Season 2 Reloaded patch notes: New Schematics, Containment Levels, more”, in Dexerto
verbupdate (third-person singular simple present updates, present participle updating, simple past and past participle updated)
present singular third person updates · participle present updating · participle past updated · past updated
- transitiveTo bring (a thing) up to date.
I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
- transitiveTo bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
Update me on what happened while I was away.
- ambitransitiveBayesian epistemologyTo change one's credence in a proposition in response to new evidence.
How can I update my priors?
1 more example
I need to update on the new data.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From up- + date. First use appears c. 1948. (see Citations).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans opdateer
- opdateeraction of making something up to date
Arabic تحديث
- تحديث (taḥdīṯ)action of making something up to date
Bulgarian актуализа́ция, обновя́ване
- актуализа́ция (aktualizácija)action of making something up to date
- обновя́ване (obnovjávane)action of making something up to date
- актуализи́рам (aktualizíram)to make something up to date
- обновя́вам (obnovjávam)to make something up to date
- обновя́ (obnovjá)to make something up to date
Catalan actualització, actualitzar
- actualitzacióaction of making something up to date
- actualitzarto make something up to date
Chinese Mandarin 更新, 更新
- 更新 (gēngxīn)action of making something up to date
- 更新 (gēngxīn)to make something up to date
Czech aktualizace, aktualizovat
- aktualizaceaction of making something up to date
- aktualizovatto make something up to date
Danish opdatering, opdatere
- opdateringaction of making something up to date
- opdatereto make something up to date
Dutch bijwerking, actualisatie
- bijwerkingaction of making something up to date
- actualisatieaction of making something up to date
- bijwerkento make something up to date
- op punt stellento make something up to date
- actualiserento make something up to date
Esperanto ĝisdatigo, ĝisdatigi
- ĝisdatigoaction of making something up to date
- ĝisdatigito make something up to date
Estonian aktualiseerima, uuendama
- aktualiseerimato make something up to date
- uuendamato make something up to date
Finnish tiedotus, päivitys
- tiedotusadvisement with up-to-date information
- päivitysadvisement with up-to-date information
- muutosadjustment of model parametres
- päivitysaction of making something up to date
- ajan tasalla pitäminenaction of advising someone so that they are up to date
- päivittääto make something up to date
- ajantasaistaato make something up to date
- pitää ajan tasallato advise a person so that they are up to date
- saattaa ajan tasalleto advise a person so that they are up to date
French mise à jour, actualisation
- mise à jouraction of making something up to date
- actualisationaction of making something up to date
- updateaction of making something up to date
- mise à jouraction of advising someone so that they are up to date
- mettre à jourto make something up to date
- actualiserto make something up to date
- updaterto make something up to date
- mettre au courantto advise a person so that they are up to date
German Aktualisierung, Update
- Aktualisierungaction of making something up to date
- Updateaction of making something up to date
- aktualisierento make something up to date
- auf den neuesten Stand bringento make something up to date
- auf den jüngsten Stand bringento make something up to date
- aufdatierento make something up to date
Greek ενημέρωση, ενημέρωση
- ενημέρωση (enimérosi)action of making something up to date
- ενημέρωση (enimérosi)action of advising someone so that they are up to date
- ενημερώνω (enimeróno)to make something up to date
- ενημερώνω (enimeróno)to advise a person so that they are up to date
Hebrew עִדְכּוּן, עִדְכּוּן
- עִדְכּוּן (idkún)action of making something up to date
- עִדְכּוּן (idkún)action of advising someone so that they are up to date
- עידכן (idken)to make something up to date
Hindi अद्यतनीकरण
- अद्यतनीकरण (adyatnīkraṇ)action of making something up to date
Hungarian frissítés, aktualizáció
- frissítésaction of making something up to date
- aktualizációaction of making something up to date
- aktualizálásaction of making something up to date
- aktualizálto make something up to date
- frissítto make something up to date
Icelandic uppfærsla, uppfæra
- uppfærslaaction of making something up to date
- uppfærato make something up to date
Indonesian pembaruan, pemutakhiran
- pembaruanadvisement with up-to-date information
- pemutakhiranaction of making something up to date
- pembaruanaction of making something up to date
- pengkinianaction of making something up to date
- memutakhirkanto make something up to date
- memperbaruito make something up to date
Italian aggiornamento, attualizzazione
- aggiornamentoaction of making something up to date
- attualizzazioneaction of making something up to date
- aggiornamentoaction of advising someone so that they are up to date
- aggiornareto make something up to date
- attualizzareto make something up to date
- aggiornareto advise a person so that they are up to date
Japanese 更新, アップデート
- 更新 (kōshin)action of making something up to date
- アップデート (appudēto)action of making something up to date
- 沙汰 (sata)action of advising someone so that they are up to date
- 更新する (kōshin suru)to make something up to date
- アップデートする (appudēto suru)to make something up to date
Korean 최신 소식, 갱신
- 최신 소식 (choesin sosik)advisement with up-to-date information
- 갱신 (gaengsin)action of making something up to date
- 업데이트 (eopdeiteu)action of making something up to date
- 갱신하다 (gaengsinhada)to make something up to date
Latvian aktualizēt, atjaunināt
- aktualizētto make something up to date
- atjauninātto make something up to date
Lithuanian naũjinti
- naũjintiaction of making something up to date
Malay kemas kini, kemaskinian
- kemas kiniaction of making something up to date
- kemaskinianaction of making something up to date
- mengemaskinikanto make something up to date
Māori whakahāngaitanga, whakamohoatanga
- whakahāngaitangaaction of making something up to date
- whakamohoatangaaction of making something up to date
- whakahāngaito make something up to date
- whakahouto make something up to date
- whakamohoato make something up to date
- whakamohoato advise a person so that they are up to date
Norwegian oppdatere
- oppdatereto make something up to date
Norwegian Bokmål ajourføring, oppdatering
- ajourføringaction of making something up to date
- oppdateringaction of making something up to date
Persian بهروزرسانی, بهروزرسانی
- بهروزرسانی (be-ruz-resâni)advisement with up-to-date information
- بهروزرسانی (be-ruzresâni)to make something up to date
- روزآمد کردن (ruz-âmad kardan)to make something up to date
Polish komunikat, aktualizacja
- komunikatadvisement with up-to-date information
- aktualizacjaadjustment of model parametres
- uaktualnienieadjustment of model parametres
- łatkaadjustment of model parametres
- aktualizacjaaction of making something up to date
- uaktualnienieaction of making something up to date
- informowanieaction of advising someone so that they are up to date
- aktualizowaćto make something up to date
- zaktualizowaćto make something up to date
- uaktualniaćto make something up to date
- uaktualnićto make something up to date
- informowaćto advise a person so that they are up to date
- poinformowaćto advise a person so that they are up to date
Portuguese atualização, atualizar
- atualizaçãoaction of making something up to date
- atualizarto make something up to date
- pôr ao correnteto advise a person so that they are up to date
Romanian actualizare, actualiza
- actualizareaction of making something up to date
- actualizato make something up to date
Russian обновле́ние, актуализа́ция
- обновле́ние (obnovlénije)action of making something up to date
- актуализа́ция (aktualizácija)action of making something up to date
- апде́йт (apdɛ́jt)action of making something up to date
- обновля́ть (obnovljátʹ)to make something up to date
- обнови́ть (obnovítʹ)to make something up to date
- актуализировать (aktualizirovatʹ)to make something up to date
Slovak aktualizácia, aktualizovať
- aktualizáciaaction of making something up to date
- aktualizovaťto make something up to date
Spanish actualización, actualizar
- actualizaciónaction of making something up to date
- actualizarto make something up to date
Swahili sasisho
- sasishoaction of making something up to date
Swedish uppdatering, aktualisering
- uppdateringaction of making something up to date
- aktualiseringaction of making something up to date
- uppdaterato make something up to date
- aktualiserato make something up to date
- uppdaterato advise a person so that they are up to date
Thai อัปเดต, อัปเดต
- อัปเดต (áp-dèet)advisement with up-to-date information
- อัปเดต (áp-dèet)to make something up to date
Turkish güncelleme, güncellemek
- güncellemeaction of making something up to date
- güncellemekto make something up to date
Ukrainian оно́влення, актуаліза́ція
- оно́влення (onóvlennja)action of making something up to date
- актуаліза́ція (aktualizácija)action of making something up to date
- актуалізувати (aktualizuvaty)to make something up to date
- оновлювати (onovljuvaty)to make something up to date
Urdu عَصْرِیَت, درجہ فزونی
- عَصْرِیَت ('asriyat)action of making something up to date
- درجہ فزونی (darja-fuzūnī)action of making something up to date
Vietnamese cập nhật, cập nhật hóa
- cập nhậtto make something up to date
- cập nhật hóato make something up to date
Yiddish דערהײַנטיקונג, דערהײַנטיקונג
- דערהײַנטיקונג (derhayntikung)advisement with up-to-date information
- דערהײַנטיקונג (derhayntikung)action of making something up to date
- דערהײַנטיקן (derhayntikn)to make something up to date
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with update
datestategreatratecreateweightlatecertificatewaiteightstraightplatechocolatedebatehategatedonateevaluatelocatekatealternatetranslatematerelate
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
update. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/update
MLA
“update.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/update. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “update,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/update.
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