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up-to-the-minute

up-to-the-minute adjective: modern, contemporary.

Adjective

up-to-the-minute (comparative more up-to-the-minute, superlative most up-to-the-minute)

  1. modern, contemporary
    • She was wearing up-to-the-minute fashion.
  2. including the very latest information
    • An up-to-the-minute news report.

Forms of up-to-the-minute

comparativemore up-to-the-minute
superlativemost up-to-the-minute

Questions about up-to-the-minute

What does up-to-the-minute mean?
Up-to-the-minute means modern, contemporary.
What part of speech is up-to-the-minute?
Up-to-the-minute is an adjective.

Words near up-to-the-minute in the dictionary

  1. up-to-dateness
  2. up-to-datenesses
  3. up-to-datism
  4. up-to-no-gooder
  5. up-to-no-gooders
  6. up-to-the-minute
  7. up-wing fly
  8. up-winged fly
  9. UPA
  10. upadacitinib
  11. upadaisy

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