update

English Online Dictionary. What means update‎? What does update mean?

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ date.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

update (plural updates)

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

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

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

4. A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.

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

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).

Derived terms

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.

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• Danish: opdatere, opdatering
• French: updater

Translations

Further reading

• update on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tapued

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

• up (ap1)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

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

   Synonym: bijwerking

Related terms

• updaten

French

Verb

update

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

Anagrams

• députa

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English update.

Pronunciation

Noun

update m or f (plural updates)

1. (colloquial) update

   Synonym: atualização

References

• "Update" in Dicionário Informal