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/, IPA^(key): /ˈʌp.deɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (US):

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• 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 parametres 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:

     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).

Derived terms

• core update
• forced update

Descendants

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

Translations

action of making something up to date

Afrikaans: opdateer Arabic: تحديث (ar) (taḥdīṯ) Azerbaijani: yeniləmə 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) Lithuanian: naũjinti 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 (sw) 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), درجہ فزونی (darja-fuzūnī) Yiddish: דערהײַנטיקונג f (derhayntikung)

advisement with up-to-date information

Finnish: tiedotus (fi), päivitys (fi) Indonesian: pembaruan (id) Korean: 최신 소식 (choesin sosik) Persian: به‌روزرسانی (be-ruz-resâni) Polish: komunikat (pl) m Thai: อัปเดต (áp-dèet) 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

adjustment of model parametres

Finnish: muutos (fi) Polish: aktualizacja (pl) f, uaktualnienie n, łatka f

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: актуализи́рам (bg) impf or pf (aktualizíram), обновя́вам (bg) impf (obnovjávam), обновя́ pf (obnovjá) 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 (is) 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, uaktualniać (pl) impf, 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) Thai: อัปเดต (áp-dèet) 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