Standard Lemma guide

update

noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • ŭp'dāt
  • ŭp-dāt'
  • /ˈʌp.deɪt/
  • /ʌpˈdeɪt/
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  • rhymes with -eɪt
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P D EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.

An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He gave me an update on the situation in New York.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
  • I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
  • I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerrillas.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.

An adjustment of parameters in a model, or the rule by which they are adjusted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, statistics

Examples

  • stochastic update

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A version of something which is newer than other versions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

Examples

  • You should try the update: it rocks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To bring (a thing) up to date.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Update me on what happened while I was away.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To change one's credence in a proposition in response to new evidence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Qualifier: Bayesian epistemology

Examples

  • I need to update on the new data.
  • How can I update my priors?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

news that updates your information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: news, intelligence, tidings, word

10

verb

Meaning 10

modernize or bring up to date

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We updated the kitchen in the old house

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: modify

11

verb

Meaning 11

bring to the latest state of technology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: modify

12

verb

Meaning 12

bring up to date; supply with recent information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inform

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: opdateer — action of making something up to date
  • Arabic: تحديث (taḥdīṯ) — action of making something up to date
  • Azerbaijani: yeniləmə — action of making something up to date
  • Bulgarian: актуализа́ция (aktualizácija) — action of making something up to date
  • Bulgarian: обновя́ване (obnovjávane) — action of making something up to date
  • Catalan: actualització — action of making something up to date
  • Chinese Mandarin: 更新 (gēngxīn) — action of making something up to date
  • Czech: aktualizace — action of making something up to date
  • Danish: opdatering — action of making something up to date
  • Dutch: bijwerking — action of making something up to date
  • Dutch: actualisatie — action of making something up to date
  • Esperanto: ĝisdatigo — action of making something up to date
  • Finnish: päivitys — action of making something up to date
  • French: mise à jour — action of making something up to date
  • French: actualisation — action of making something up to date
  • French: update — action of making something up to date
  • Galician: actualización — action of making something up to date
  • Georgian: განახლება (ganaxleba) — action of making something up to date
  • German: Aktualisierung — action of making something up to date
  • German: Update — action of making something up to date
  • Greek: ενημέρωση (enimérosi) — action of making something up to date
  • Hebrew: עִדְכּוּן (idkún) — action of making something up to date
  • Hindi: अद्यतनीकरण (adyatnīkraṇ) — action of making something up to date
  • Hungarian: frissítés — action of making something up to date
  • Hungarian: aktualizáció — action of making something up to date
  • Hungarian: aktualizálás — action of making something up to date
  • Icelandic: uppfærsla — action of making something up to date
  • Ido: aktualigo — action of making something up to date
  • Indonesian: pemutakhiran — action of making something up to date
  • Indonesian: pembaruan — action of making something up to date
  • Indonesian: pengkinian — action of making something up to date
  • Italian: aggiornamento — action of making something up to date
  • Italian: attualizzazione — action of making something up to date
  • Japanese: 更新 (kōshin) — action of making something up to date
  • Japanese: アップデート (appudēto) — action of making something up to date
  • Korean: 갱신 (gaengsin) — action of making something up to date
  • Korean: 업데이트 (eopdeiteu) — action of making something up to date
  • Lithuanian: naũjinti — action of making something up to date
  • Macedonian: ажурирање (ažuriranje) — action of making something up to date
  • Malay: kemas kini — action of making something up to date
  • Malay: kemaskinian — action of making something up to date
  • Māori: whakahāngaitanga — action of making something up to date
  • Māori: whakamohoatanga — action of making something up to date
  • Northern Sotho: mpshafatša — action of making something up to date
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ajourføring — action of making something up to date
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppdatering — action of making something up to date
  • Iranian Persian: بِه روز رَسانی (be ruz rasâni) — action of making something up to date
  • Polish: aktualizacja — action of making something up to date
  • Polish: uaktualnienie — action of making something up to date
  • Portuguese: atualização — action of making something up to date
  • Romanian: actualizare — action of making something up to date
  • Russian: обновле́ние (obnovlénije) — action of making something up to date
  • Russian: актуализа́ция (aktualizácija) — action of making something up to date
  • Russian: апде́йт (apdɛ́jt) — action of making something up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: ažuriranje — action of making something up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: aktualizacija — action of making something up to date
  • Sicilian: attualizzazziuni — action of making something up to date
  • Slovak: aktualizácia — action of making something up to date
  • Slovene: posodobitev — action of making something up to date
  • Slovene: aktualizacija — action of making something up to date
  • Spanish: actualización — action of making something up to date
  • Swahili: sasisho — action of making something up to date
  • Swedish: uppdatering — action of making something up to date
  • Swedish: aktualisering — action of making something up to date
  • Tigrinya: ምሕዳስ (məḥdas) — action of making something up to date
  • Turkish: güncelleme — action of making something up to date
  • Ukrainian: оно́влення (onóvlennja) — action of making something up to date
  • Ukrainian: актуаліза́ція (aktualizácija) — action of making something up to date
  • Urdu: عَصْرِیَت ('asriyat) — action of making something up to date
  • Urdu: درجہ فزونی (darja-fuzūnī) — action of making something up to date
  • Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקונג (derhayntikung) — action of making something up to date
  • Finnish: tiedotus — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Finnish: päivitys — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Indonesian: pembaruan — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Korean: 최신 소식 (choesin sosik) — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Persian: بهروزرسانی (be-ruz-resâni) — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Polish: komunikat — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Thai: อัปเดต (áp-dèet) — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקונג (derhayntikung) — advisement with up-to-date information
  • Finnish: ajan tasalla pitäminen — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • French: mise à jour — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Greek: ενημέρωση (enimérosi) — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Hebrew: עִדְכּוּן (idkún) — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Italian: aggiornamento — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Japanese: 沙汰 (sata) — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Polish: informowanie — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: ažuriranje — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: brifiranje — action of advising someone so that they are up to date
  • Finnish: muutos — adjustment of model parametres
  • Polish: aktualizacja — adjustment of model parametres
  • Polish: uaktualnienie — adjustment of model parametres
  • Polish: łatka — adjustment of model parametres
  • Armenian: թարմացնել (tʻarmacʻnel) — to make something up to date
  • Bulgarian: актуализи́рам (aktualizíram) — to make something up to date
  • Bulgarian: обновя́вам (obnovjávam) — to make something up to date
  • Bulgarian: обновя́ (obnovjá) — to make something up to date
  • Catalan: actualitzar — to make something up to date
  • Chinese Mandarin: 更新 (gēngxīn) — to make something up to date
  • Czech: aktualizovat — to make something up to date
  • Danish: opdatere — to make something up to date
  • Dutch: bijwerken — to make something up to date
  • Dutch: op punt stellen — to make something up to date
  • Dutch: actualiseren — to make something up to date
  • Esperanto: ĝisdatigi — to make something up to date
  • Estonian: aktualiseerima — to make something up to date
  • Estonian: uuendama — to make something up to date
  • Faroese: dagføra — to make something up to date
  • Finnish: päivittää — to make something up to date
  • Finnish: ajantasaistaa — to make something up to date
  • French: mettre à jour — to make something up to date
  • French: actualiser — to make something up to date
  • French: updater — to make something up to date
  • Georgian: აახლებს (aaxlebs) — to make something up to date
  • Georgian: განაახლებს (ganaaxlebs) — to make something up to date
  • German: aktualisieren — to make something up to date
  • German: auf den neuesten Stand bringen — to make something up to date
  • German: auf den jüngsten Stand bringen — to make something up to date
  • German: aufdatieren — to make something up to date
  • Greek: ενημερώνω (enimeróno) — to make something up to date
  • Hebrew: עידכן (idken) — to make something up to date
  • Hungarian: aktualizál — to make something up to date
  • Hungarian: frissít — to make something up to date
  • Icelandic: uppfæra — to make something up to date
  • Ido: aktualigar — to make something up to date
  • Indonesian: memutakhirkan — to make something up to date
  • Indonesian: memperbarui — to make something up to date
  • Italian: aggiornare — to make something up to date
  • Italian: attualizzare — to make something up to date
  • Japanese: 更新する (kōshin suru) — to make something up to date
  • Japanese: アップデートする (appudēto suru) — to make something up to date
  • Kazakh: жаңғырту (jañğyrtu) — to make something up to date
  • Korean: 갱신하다 (gaengsinhada) — to make something up to date
  • Latvian: aktualizēt — to make something up to date
  • Latvian: atjaunināt — to make something up to date
  • Macedonian: ажурира (ažurira) — to make something up to date
  • Macedonian: обновува (obnovuva) — to make something up to date
  • Malay: mengemaskinikan — to make something up to date
  • Māori: whakahāngai — to make something up to date
  • Māori: whakahou — to make something up to date
  • Māori: whakamohoa — to make something up to date
  • Mongolian: шинэчлэх (šinečlex) — to make something up to date
  • Norwegian: oppdatere — to make something up to date
  • Persian: بهروزرسانی (be-ruzresâni) — to make something up to date
  • Polish: aktualizować — to make something up to date
  • Polish: zaktualizować — to make something up to date
  • Polish: uaktualniać — to make something up to date
  • Polish: uaktualnić — to make something up to date
  • Portuguese: atualizar — to make something up to date
  • Romanian: actualiza — to make something up to date
  • Russian: обновля́ть (obnovljátʹ) — to make something up to date
  • Russian: обнови́ть (obnovítʹ) — to make something up to date
  • Russian: актуализировать (aktualizirovatʹ) — to make something up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: ažurirati — to make something up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadograditi — to make something up to date
  • Serbo-Croatian: aktualizirati — to make something up to date
  • Slovak: aktualizovať — to make something up to date
  • Slovene: aktualizirati — to make something up to date
  • Slovene: posodobiti — to make something up to date
  • Spanish: actualizar — to make something up to date
  • Swedish: uppdatera — to make something up to date
  • Swedish: aktualisera — to make something up to date
  • Thai: อัปเดต (áp-dèet) — to make something up to date
  • Tigrinya: ኣሐዲስ (ʾaḥädis) — to make something up to date
  • Turkish: güncellemek — to make something up to date
  • Ukrainian: актуалізувати (aktualizuvaty) — to make something up to date
  • Ukrainian: оновлювати (onovljuvaty) — to make something up to date
  • Vietnamese: cập nhật — to make something up to date
  • Vietnamese: cập nhật hóa — to make something up to date
  • Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקן (derhayntikn) — to make something up to date
  • Finnish: pitää ajan tasalla — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Finnish: saattaa ajan tasalle — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • French: mettre au courant — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Greek: ενημερώνω (enimeróno) — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Italian: aggiornare — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Māori: whakamohoa — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Polish: informować — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Polish: poinformować — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Portuguese: pôr ao corrente — to advise a person so that they are up to date
  • Swedish: uppdatera — to advise a person so that they are up to date
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