up-to-date
Americanadjective
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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.
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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.
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(of people) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
adverb
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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.
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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.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- up-to-dately adverb
- up-to-dateness noun
Etymology
Origin of up-to-date
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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In the era of dynamic pricing and electronic points of sale, the technology exists to provide almost minute-by-minute inflation readings that would allow for a far more accurate, up-to-date consumer price index.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
WSJ reporters on the ground keep you up-to-date with news and analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Don't forget you can keep up-to-date with the weather forecast where you are at BBC Weather online and on the app.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
The December PCE inflation report also calls into question how much trust investors should place in the more up-to-date CPI.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
But how could they know up-to-date folks was spitting in flowery little things like that?
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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