update

See also: Update and updaté

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ date. First use appears c. 1948. (see Citations).

Pronunciation

  • (noun) enPR: ŭp'dāt, ŭp-dāt'; IPA(key): /ˈʌp.deɪt/, IPA(key): /ʌpˈdeɪt/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (verb) enPR: ŭp-dāt', IPA(key): /ʌpˈdeɪt/, IPA(key): /ˈʌp.deɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

update (plural updates)

  1. An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
    I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
    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.
    1. 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.
      I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerrillas.
    2. (statistics, computing) An adjustment of parameters in a model, or the rule by which they are adjusted.
      stochastic update
  3. (software) A version of something which is newer than other versions.
    You should try the update: it rocks.
    • 2024 March 6, John Esposito, “MW3 Zombies Season 2 Reloaded patch notes: New Schematics, Containment Levels, more”, in Dexerto‎[1], archived from the original on 1 September 2026:
      The mid-season update for MW3 is here, introducing quite a bit of content across all three of CoD’s modes.

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).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cantonese: update
  • → Dutch: update
  • → German: Update
  • → Japanese: アップデート (appudēto)
  • → Korean: 업데이트 (eopdeiteu)
  • → Polish: update
  • → Portuguese: update
  • → Russian: апде́йт (apdéjt)

Translations

Verb

update (third-person singular simple present updates, present participle updating, simple past and past participle updated)

  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.
  3. (ambitransitive, Bayesian epistemology) 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?

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From English update.

Pronunciation

Noun

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. update (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Verb

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to update

Adjective

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. up-to-date

See also

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English update.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

update m (plural updates, diminutive updateje n)

  1. an update
    Synonym: bijwerking

Verb

update

  1. inflection of updaten:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. singular imperative
    4. (dated or formal) singular subjunctive

French

Verb

update

  1. inflection of updater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English update.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈap.dɛjt/
    • Rhymes: -apdɛjt
    • Syllabification: up‧date

    Noun

    update m inan (indeclinable)

    1. (computer science) update (action of making something up to date)
      Synonym: aktualizacja

    Declension

    Declension of update
    singular plural
    nominative update update'y
    genitive update'u update'ów
    dative update'owi update'om
    accusative update update'y
    instrumental update'em update'ami
    locative updacie update'ach
    vocative updacie update'y

    or

    Indeclinable.

    Derived terms

    verbs

    Further reading

    • “update”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English update.

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.piˈdej.t͡ʃi/ [a.piˈdeɪ̯.t͡ʃi], /apˈdejt͡ʃ/ [apˈdeɪ̯t͡ʃ]
       

      Noun

      update m or f (plural updates)

      1. (colloquial) update
        Synonym: atualização

      References

      • "Update" in Dicionário Informal
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