English Explanatory Dictionary

update

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
  2. An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
  3. A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
  4. A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
  5. An adjustment of parametres in a model, or the rule by which they are adjusted.
  6. A version of something which is newer than other versions.
verb
  1. To bring (a thing) up to date.
  2. To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

Pronunciation

ŭp'dāt ŭp-dāt' /ˈʌp.deɪt/ /ʌpˈdeɪt/ En-us-update.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-update (verb).wav

Word forms

update updates updating updated

Etymology

From up- + date. Earliest usages from 1940s (see Citations).

Derived words

core update forced update update one's priors

Translations

Afrikaans: opdateer Arabic: تحديث Azerbaijani: yeniləmə Bulgarian: актуализа́ция Bulgarian: обновя́ване Catalan: actualització Chinese Mandarin: 更新 Czech: aktualizace Danish: opdatering Dutch: bijwerking Dutch: actualisatie Esperanto: ĝisdatigo Finnish: päivitys Finnish: ajan tasalla pitäminen French: mise à jour French: actualisation French: update Galician: actualización Georgian: განახლება German: Aktualisierung German: Update Greek: ενημέρωση Hebrew: עִדְכּוּן Hindi: अद्यतनीकरण Hungarian: frissítés Hungarian: aktualizáció Hungarian: aktualizálás Icelandic: uppfærsla Ido: aktualigo Indonesian: pemutakhiran Indonesian: pembaruan Indonesian: pengkinian Italian: aggiornamento Italian: attualizzazione Japanese: 更新 Japanese: アップデート Japanese: 沙汰 Korean: 갱신 Korean: 업데이트 Lithuanian: naũjinti Macedonian: ажурирање Malay: kemas kini Malay: kemaskinian Māori: whakahāngaitanga Māori: whakamohoatanga Northern Sotho: mpshafatša Norwegian Bokmål: ajourføring Norwegian Bokmål: oppdatering Iranian Persian: بِه روز رَسانی Polish: aktualizacja Polish: uaktualnienie Polish: informowanie Portuguese: atualização Romanian: actualizare Russian: обновле́ние Russian: актуализа́ция Russian: апде́йт Serbo-Croatian: ažuriranje Serbo-Croatian: aktualizacija Serbo-Croatian: brifiranje Sicilian: attualizzazziuni Slovak: aktualizácia Slovene: posodobitev Slovene: aktualizacija Armenian: թարմացնել Bulgarian: актуализи́рам Bulgarian: обновя́вам Bulgarian: обновя́ Catalan: actualitzar Czech: aktualizovat Danish: opdatere Dutch: bijwerken Dutch: op punt stellen Dutch: actualiseren Esperanto: ĝisdatigi Estonian: aktualiseerima Estonian: uuendama Faroese: dagføra Finnish: päivittää Finnish: ajantasaistaa Finnish: pitää ajan tasalla Finnish: saattaa ajan tasalle French: mettre à jour French: actualiser French: updater French: mettre au courant Georgian: აახლებს Georgian: განაახლებს German: aktualisieren German: auf den neuesten Stand bringen German: auf den jüngsten Stand bringen German: aufdatieren Greek: ενημερώνω Hebrew: עידכן Hungarian: aktualizál Hungarian: frissít Icelandic: uppfæra Ido: aktualigar Indonesian: memutakhirkan Indonesian: memperbarui Italian: aggiornare Italian: attualizzare
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