- 1update something to make something more modern by adding new parts, etc. It's about time we updated our software.
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- 2to give someone the most recent information about something; to add the most recent information to something synonym bring up to date update somebody (on something) I called the office to update them on the day's developments. update something Our records are regularly updated.
update
verbNAmE//ˈʌpdeɪt//, NAmE//ˌʌpˈdeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they update ,
he / she / it updates ,
past simple updated ,
-ing form updating ,
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