update

See also: Update and updaté

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ date. Earliest usages from 1940s (see Citations).

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

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• (verb) enPR: ŭp-dāt', IPA^(key): /ʌpˈdeɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (US):

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• 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 guerrillas.

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).

Derived terms

• core update
• forced update

Translations

advisement with up-to-date information

• Finnish: tiedotus (fi), päivitys (fi)
• Polish: komunikat (pl) m
• Thai: อัปเดต (áp-dèet)
• Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקונג f (derhayntikung)

action of making something up to date

• Afrikaans: opdateer
• Arabic: تحديث (ar) (taḥdīṯ)
• Bulgarian: актуализа́ция f (aktualizácija), обновя́ване n (obnovjávane)
• Catalan: actualització (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 更新 (zh) (gēngxīn)

• Czech: aktualizace (cs) f
• Danish: opdatering (da) 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
• Galician: actualización (gl) f
• Georgian: განახლება (ganaxleba)
• German: Aktualisierung (de) f, Update (de) n
• Greek: ενημέρωση (el) f (enimérosi)
• Hebrew: עִדְכּוּן m (idkún)
• Hindi: अद्यतनीकरण m (adyatnīkraṇ)
• Hungarian: frissítés (hu), (rare) aktualizáció (hu) , aktualizálás (hu)
• Icelandic: uppfærsla f
• Ido: aktualigo
• Indonesian: pemutakhiran, pembaruan (id), pengkinian
• Italian: aggiornamento (it) m, attualizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 更新 (ja) (こうしん, kōshin), アップデート (ja) (appudēto)
• Korean: 갱신(更新) (gaengsin), 업데이트 (eopdeiteu)
• Macedonian: ажурирање n (ažuriranje)
• Malay: kemas kini (ms), kemaskinian
• Maori: whakahāngaitanga, whakamohoatanga
• Northern Sotho: mpshafatša
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ajourføring m, oppdatering (no) m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بِه روز رَسانی (be ruz rasâni)

• Polish: aktualizacja (pl) f, uaktualnienie n
• Portuguese: atualização (pt) f
• Romanian: actualizare (ro) f
• Russian: обновле́ние (ru) n (obnovlénije), актуализа́ция (ru) f (aktualizácija), апде́йт (ru) m (apdɛ́jt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ažuriranje n, aktualizacija (sh) f

• Sicilian: attualizzazziuni f
• Slovak: aktualizácia f
• Slovene: posodobitev f, aktualizacija f
• Spanish: actualización (es) f
• Swahili: sasisho class 5/6
• Swedish: uppdatering (sv), aktualisering (sv)
• Tigrinya: ምሕዳስ (məḥdas)
• Turkish: güncelleme (tr)
• Ukrainian: оно́влення n (onóvlennja), актуаліза́ція f (aktualizácija)
• Urdu: عَصْرِیَت f ('asriyat)
• Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקונג f (derhayntikung)

action of advising someone so that they are up to date

• Finnish: ajan tasalla pitäminen
• French: mise à jour (fr) f
• Greek: ενημέρωση (el) f (enimérosi)
• Hebrew: עִדְכּוּן m (idkún)
• Italian: aggiornamento (it) m
• Japanese: 沙汰 (ja) (さた, sata)
• Polish: informowanie (pl) n
• Serbo-Croatian: ažuriranje, brifiranje

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.

Derived terms

• update one's priors

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 (cs)
• 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 (de)
• Greek: ενημερώνω (el) (enimeróno)
• Hebrew: עידכן (idken)
• Hungarian: aktualizál (hu), frissít (hu)
• Icelandic: uppfæra
• Ido: aktualigar (io)
• Indonesian: memutakhirkan (id), memperbarui (id)
• Italian: aggiornare (it), attualizzare (it)
• 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)
• Kazakh: жаңғырту (jañğyrtu)
• Korean: 갱신하다 (gaengsinhada)
• Latvian: aktualizēt, atjaunināt
• Macedonian: ажурира (ažurira), обновува (obnovuva)
• Malay: mengemaskinikan
• Maori: whakahāngai, whakahou, whakamohoa
• Mongolian: шинэчлэх (mn) (šinečlex)
• Norwegian: oppdatere (no)
• Persian: به‌روزرسانی (be-ruzresâni)
• 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) (aktualizirovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: ažurirati (sh), nadograditi (sh), aktualizirati (sh)
• Slovak: aktualizovať
• Slovene: aktualizirati, posodobiti
• Spanish: actualizar (es)
• Swedish: uppdatera (sv), aktualisera (sv)
• Tigrinya: ኣሐዲስ (ʾaḥädis)
• Turkish: güncellemek (tr)
• Ukrainian: актуалізувати (aktualizuvaty), оновлювати (onovljuvaty)
• Vietnamese: cập nhật (vi) (及日), cập nhật hóa (及日化)
• Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקן (derhayntikn)

to advise a person so that they are up to date

• Finnish: pitää ajan tasalla, saattaa ajan tasalle
• French: mettre au courant (fr)
• Greek: ενημερώνω (el) (enimeróno)
• Italian: aggiornare (it)
• Maori: whakamohoa
• Polish: informować (pl) impf, poinformować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: pôr ao corrente
• Swedish: uppdatera (sv)

Further reading

• update on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tapued

Chinese

Etymology

From English update.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ap¹ dei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ap¹ dei¹
    • Yale: āp dēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ap⁷ dei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eb¹ déi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐp̚⁵ tei̯⁵⁵/

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/

• Audio:

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• 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

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):

• updatować impf

Further reading

• update in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English update.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpdɐjt/ [ɐˈpðɐjt]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpdɐjt/ [ɐˈpðɐjt]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpdejt/ [ɐˈpðejt]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpdejt/ [ɐˈpðejt]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpdet/ [ɐˈpðet]

Noun

update m or f (plural updates)

1. (colloquial) update

   Synonym: atualização

References

• "Update" in Dicionário Informal