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up to date

up to date is the alternative spelling of up-to-date.

Meaning of up-to-date

Adjective

up-to-date (comparative more up-to-date, superlative most up-to-date)

  1. (idiomatic) Current; recent; the latest.
    • Use an up-to-date text for your source.
  2. (idiomatic) Informed about the latest news or developments; abreast.
    • I like to stay up-to-date about current affairs.

Noun

up to date (plural up to dates)

  1. (cocktails) A sherry-based cocktail.

Forms of up to date

Adjective
comparativemore up to date
superlativemost up to date
Noun
pluralup to dates

Questions about up to date

What does up to date mean?
Up to date means a sherry-based cocktail.
What is up to date the alternative spelling of?
Up to date is the alternative spelling of up-to-date.
What part of speech is up to date?
Up to date is a noun.
What is the plural of up to date?
The plural of up to date is up to dates.

Words near up to date in the dictionary

  1. up to 11
  2. up to a point
  3. up to anything
  4. up to bat
  5. up to code
  6. up to date
  7. up to eleven
  8. up to here
  9. up to no good
  10. up to now
  11. up to one's ass in alligators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: up to date (page history and authors); up-to-date (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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