update
verb (used with object)
to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections.
updating
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present participleof update.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Furner points out that updating paper tags is tedious work, and he’d rather employees spend their afternoons helping customers than tending to a small forest of adhesive rectangles.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Cooper added more costumes as new Disney movies came out, as well as updating the old ones, Caprilozzi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
These included updating the warming hut and clubhouse and adding a mountain bike park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The underwater test-fire of the "super-speed" Zam-2.0 torpedo system took place on Thursday "to confirm the successful technical updating" of the weapon, the Korean Central News Agency said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Dorothy updated her classes with a unit called Wartime Mathematics, teaching students to apply arithmetic operations to household budgeting and wartime ration books and updating classic word problems with airplanes instead of cars.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
