updateverb [ T ]
uk/ʌpˈdeɪt/us/ʌpˈdeɪt/B2 to make something more modern or suitable for use now by adding new information or changing its design:
an updated version of the software
B1 to give someone the most recent information:
We'll update you on this news story throughout the day.
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- They've updated a lot of the entries in the most recent edition of the encyclopaedia.
- Their website is updated daily.
- Can you update me on progress so far?
- Do you have an updated version of the system?
- She spent several hours updating the mailing list.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Restoring and reviving
- ball
- bounce
- bounce back
- lick your wounds idiom
- modernize
- move with the times idiom
- pick
- pick up/take the ball and run with it idiom
- rejuvenate
- rekindle
- renaissance
- restoration
- restore
- revitalize
- revival
- revive
- revivify
- rise
- rise from the dead/grave idiom
- snap
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Announcing, informing & stating
updatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʌp.deɪt/us/ˈʌp.deɪt/B2 an act of updating something or someone with new information:
Jo's just doing an update on the mailing list.
I'll need regular updates on your progress.
B2 a new form of something that existed at an earlier time:
It's an update of an old 60s movie.
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- Can you give me an update on progress so far?
- Later in this bulletin we will be going over to our Westminster studio for an update on the situation.
- It's an update of a previous version of the software.
- Do you know whether it's possible to buy updates?
- a news update
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Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- advisement
- annunciation
- come out
- commit
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
- word
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