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Plural of update

regular plural

The plural of update is updates.

Forms of update

Singularupdate /ˈʌp.deɪt/
Pluralupdates
Countablecountable

Updates in a sentence

  • I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
  • I'd prefer to deep copy that in order to avoid complications with updates.From the entry deep copy
  • This is a situation where you either have to deep copy or handle the complication of updates.From the entry deep copy
  • The software phones home once a week to check for updates.From the entry phone home
  • We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.From the entry reboot

Meaning of update

  1. noun An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
  2. noun An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
  3. noun A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.

Full definition of update

Questions about the plural of update

What is the plural of update?
The plural of update is updates.
Is update countable?
Update is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: update (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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