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up-to-date

American  
[uhp-tuh-deyt] / ˈʌp təˈdeɪt /
Or up to date

adjective

  1. in accordance with or reflecting the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern.

    Our professors are all practicing scientists and teach lectures in the context of up-to-date methodology.

  2. extending to the present time; including the latest information or facts; current.

    Your lender can provide an up-to-date report on the amount you owe on your home loan.

  3. (of people) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.


adverb

  1. in accordance with or abreast of the latest or newest ideas, standards, styles, etc..

    If you're returning to the workforce after an extended absence, show how you've kept up-to-date with changes in your industry.

  2. right up to the present time; so as to include the latest information or facts.

    The goal was to bring us up to date on many types of treatments that have some clinical benefit to patients.

up-to-date British  

adjective

    1. modern, current, or fashionable

      an up-to-date magazine

    2. ( predicative )

      the magazine is up to date

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of up-to-date

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Up to date forecasts are available on the BBC Weather website and app throughout the summer.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Up to date, we have not seen anyone outspoken around the issues that plagued Twitter from the board, so I cannot imagine anyone would try to go up against him on anything.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2022

New York Herald Tribune, per Carter Field: "Up to date no one has been put off the President's train."

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet last week after the voting was over in Tennessee, Chairman Sheppard calmly announced: "Up to date, no candidate himself has been connected sufficiently with any charges to justify an election contest before the Senate."

From Time Magazine Archive

Up to date we have had no trouble with worm in our chestnuts.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association