update

See also: Update and updaté

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ date.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭp'dāt, IPA^(key): /ˈʌp.deɪt/
• enPR: əp-dāt', əp'dāt, IPA^(key): /əpˈdeɪt/, /ˈʌp.deɪt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

update (plural updates)

1. An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.

   He gave me an update on the situation in New York.

2. A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.

   I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerillas.

3. An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.

   I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.

4. 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.

5. A version of something which is newer than other versions.

   You should try the update: it rocks.

Usage notes

In a software context there is a distinction between an update and an upgrade: updates usually include important security patches or bug fixes; an upgrade implies substantial new features and often has to be bought separately (in case of commercial software).

Translations

action of making something up to date

• Afrikaans: opdateer
• Bulgarian: актуализа̀ция f (aktualizàcija), обновя̀ване n (obnovjàvane)
• Catalan: actualització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 更新 (zh) (gēngxīn)

• Czech: aktualizace f
• Danish: opdatering c
• Dutch: bijwerking (nl) f, actualisatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĝisdatigo
• Finnish: päivitys (fi)
• French: mise à jour (fr) f, actualisation (fr) f, update (fr) m
• Georgian: განახლება (ganaxleba)
• German: Aktualisierung (de) f, Update (de) n
• Greek: ενημέρωση (el) f (enimérosi)
• Hebrew: עדכון m (idkun)
• Hungarian: frissítés, (rare) aktualizáció , aktualizálás
• Ido: aktualigo
• Indonesian: pemutakhiran, pembaruan (id), pengkinian
• Italian: aggiornamento (it) m, attualizzazione (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 更新 (ja) (こうしん, kōshin), アップデート (ja) (appudēto)
• Korean: 갱신 (gaengsin), 업데이트 (eopdeiteu)
• Macedonian: ажурирање (ažuriranje)
• Malay: kemas kini, kemaskinian
• Maori: whakahāngaitanga, whakamohoatanga
• Northern Sotho: mpshafatša
• Norwegian: ajourføring, oppdatering (no)
• Polish: aktualizacja (pl) f, uaktualnienie n
• Portuguese: atualização f
• Romanian: actualizare (ro) f
• Russian: обновле́ние (ru) n (obnovlénije), актуализа́ция (ru) f (aktualizácija), апде́йт (ru) m (apdɛ́jt)
• Serbo-Croatian: ažuriranje n, aktualizacija (sh) f
• Slovak: aktualizácia f
• Slovene: posodobitev f, aktualizacija f
• Spanish: actualización (es) f
• Swedish: uppdatering (sv), aktualisering (sv)
• Turkish: güncelleme (tr)

action of advising someone so that they are up to date

• French: mise à jour (fr) f
• Greek: ενημέρωση (el) f (enimérosi)
• Hebrew: עדכון m (idkun)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: aggiornamento (it) m
• Japanese: 沙汰 (さた, sata)
• Serbo-Croatian: ažuriranje, brifiranje

Verb

1. (transitive) To bring (a thing) up to date.

   I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.

2. (transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

   Update me on what happened while I was away.

Descendants

• Danish: opdatere, opdatering
• French: updater

Translations

to make something up to date

• Armenian: թարմացնել (hy) (tʻarmacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: актуализирам (bg) (aktualiziram)
• Catalan: actualitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 更新 (zh) (gēngxīn)

• Czech: aktualizovat
• Danish: opdatere
• Dutch: bijwerken (nl), op punt stellen, actualiseren (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝisdatigi
• Estonian: aktualiseerima, uuendama
• Faroese: dagføra
• Finnish: päivittää (fi), ajantasaistaa
• French: mettre à jour (fr), actualiser (fr), updater (fr) (computing)
• Georgian: აახლებს (aaxlebs), განაახლებს (ganaaxlebs)
• German: aktualisieren (de), auf den neuesten Stand bringen, auf den jüngsten Stand bringen, aufdatieren
• Greek: ενημερώνω (el) (enimeróno)
• Hungarian: aktualizál (hu), frissít (hu)
• Icelandic: uppfæra
• Ido: aktualigar (io)
• Indonesian: memutakhirkan (id), memperbarui (id)
• Italian: aggiornare (it), attualizzare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 更新する (ja) (こうしんする, kōshin suru), アップデートする (ja) (appudēto suru)
• Latvian: aktualizēt, atjaunināt
• Macedonian: ажурира (ažurira), обновува (obnovuva)
• Malay: mengemaskinikan
• Maori: whakahāngai, whakahou, whakamohoa
• Mongolian: шинэчлэх (mn) (šinečlex)
• Norwegian: oppdatere (no)
• Persian: به‌روزرسانی (beruzresâni)
• Polish: aktualizować (pl) impf, zaktualizować pf, uaktualnić pf
• Portuguese: atualizar (pt) f
• Romanian: actualiza (ro)
• Russian: обновля́ть (ru) impf (obnovljátʹ), обнови́ть (ru) pf (obnovítʹ), актуализировать (ru) (aktualizirovat')
• Serbo-Croatian: ažurirati (sh), nadograditi (sh), aktualizirati (sh)
• Slovak: aktualizovať
• Slovene: aktualizirati, posodobiti
• Spanish: actualizar (es)
• Swedish: uppdatera (sv), aktualisera (sv)
• Turkish: güncellemek (tr)
• Ukrainian: актуалізувати (aktualizuvaty), оновлювати (onovljuvaty)
• Vietnamese: cập nhật (vi), cập nhật hóa

to advise a person so that they are up to date

• Finnish: pitää ajan tasalla, saattaa ajan tasalle
• French: mettre au courant
• Greek: ενημερώνω (el) (enimeróno)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: aggiornare (it)
• Portuguese: pôr ao corrente
• Swedish: uppdatera (sv)

Anagrams

• tapued

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English update.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏp.deːt/
• Hyphenation: up‧date

Noun

update m (plural updates, diminutive updateje n)

1. An update.

Related terms

• updaten

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French

Verb

update

1. first-person singular present indicative of updater
2. third-person singular present indicative of updater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of updater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of updater
5. second-person singular imperative of updater

Anagrams

• députa