Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    update

    verb

    • 1. make (something) more modern or up to date: "security measures are continually updated and improved" Similar modernizebring up to datebring into the twenty-first centuryrenovate

    noun

    • 1. an act of updating something or someone or an updated version of something: "an update on recently published crime figures"

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. a more recent, and usually improved, form of something, especially something that is regularly changed: Each software update has a version number. an update of sth The latest version is a much improved update of the original program.

  3. Verb I need to update my address book. update all the population figures She wants to update her wardrobe. Noun I haven't heard the latest weather update. You can download updates for free.

  4. Update definition: to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections. See examples of UPDATE used in a sentence.

  5. a more recent, and usually improved, form of something, especially something that is regularly changed: Each software update has a version number. an update of sth The latest version is a much improved update of the original program.

  6. to give somebody the most recent information about something; to add the most recent information to something synonym bring up to date. update somebody I'll be updating you shortly. update somebody on something I called the office to update them on the day's developments.

  7. If you update something, you make it more modern, usually by adding newer parts to it.

  8. to make something more modern: They need to update their image. update. noun [ C ] uk / ˈʌpdeɪt / us. update noun [C] (INFORMATION) B2. new information: I'll need regular updates on your progress. update noun [C] (NEW FORM) B2. a new form of something that existed at an earlier time: It's an update of an old 60's movie.

  9. 1. To alter so as to be up to date: update a textbook; update the files. 2. To inform (someone) with the latest information. n. (ŭp′dāt′) 1. Information that updates something or someone. 2. The act or an instance of bringing something or someone up to date. 3. An updated version of something.

  10. noun. /ˈʌpdeɪt/ a report or broadcast that gives the most recent information about something; a new version of something containing the most recent information. They will send you regular updates by email. a news/weather update. update on something Now let's get an update on our other big story of the day.

  11. Update definition: to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections. See examples of UPDATE used in a sentence.