update
/ˈʌp.deɪt/
update noun: an additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
Noun
update (plural updates)
- An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
- I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
- An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
- He gave me an update on the situation in New York.
- A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
- Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
- I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
- An adjustment of parameters in a model, or the rule by which they are adjusted.
- stochastic update
- A version of something which is newer than other versions.
- You should try the update: it rocks.
- The mid-season update for MW3 is here, introducing quite a bit of content across all three of CoD’s modes.2024 March 6, John Esposito, “MW3 Zombies Season 2 Reloaded patch notes: New Schematics, Containment Levels, more”, in Dexerto
Verb
update (third-person singular simple present updates, present participle updating, simple past and past participle updated)
- To bring (a thing) up to date.
- I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
- To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
- Update me on what happened while I was away.
- To change one's credence in a proposition in response to new evidence.
- I need to update on the new data.
- How can I update my priors?
update meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
update in Hindi
- action of making something up to date
- अद्यतनीकरण adyatnīkraṇ
update in Tamil
- இற்றைப்படுத்து, மேம்படுத்து, மாற்று, நிலவரதகவல், புதிதாக்கம், இற்றையம்
update in Marathi
- action of making something up to date
- अद्यतनित adyatanit
update in Urdu
- action of making something up to date
- عَصْرِیَت 'asriyat, درجہ فزونی darja-fuzūnī
More languagesFewer languages
- update in Bengali
- হালনাগাদ করা
- update in Telugu
- నవీకరించండి, నవీకరణ, అప్డేట్ చేయండి
- update in Malayalam
- നവീകരിക്കുക, ആധുനികവൽക്കരിക്കുക, പുതുക്കുക, പുത്തനാക്കുക
- update in Kannada
- ನವೀಕರಣ navīkaraṇa
- update in Punjabi
- ਅੱਪਡੇਟ ਕਰੋ, ਅੱਪਡੇਟ, ਅਪਡੇਟ ਕਰੋ
- update in Gujarati
- અપડેટ કરો, અપડેટેડ કરો, અપડેટ કરવા માટે
- update in Odia
- ଅଦ୍ଯ଼ତନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଅପଡେଟ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଅଦ୍ଯ଼ତନ
- update in Nepali
- अद्यावधिक गर्नुहोस्, अद्यावधिक, अपडेट गर्नुहोस्
- update in Arabic
- تحديث taḥdīṯ
- update in Malay
- kemas kini, kemaskinian, mengemaskinikan
- update in Indonesian
- pemutakhiran, pembaruan, pengkinian, memutakhirkan
- update in Persian
- بهروزرسانی be-ruz-resâni
- update in Thai
- อัปเดต áp-dèet
- update in Vietnamese
- cập nhật, cập nhật hóa
Examples of update in a sentence
- Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.
- I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
- When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.
Forms of update
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | updates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | updates |
| present participle | updating |
| past participle | updated |
| past | updated |
Origin of update
From up- + date. Earliest usages from 1940s (see Citations).
Words formed from update
Phrases with update
Words that rhyme with update
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
- crate
Questions about update
- What does update mean?
- Update means an additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
- What is update in Hindi?
- Update in Hindi is अद्यतनीकरण (adyatnīkraṇ). See Update meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is update?
- Update can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce update?
- Update is pronounced /ˈʌp.deɪt/.
- What is the plural of update?
- The plural of update is updates.
Words near update in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: update (page history and authors); update (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Update (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); update (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); update (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ನವೀಕರಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors); update (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); update (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); update (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); update (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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