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.

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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. 1. modern, current, or fashionable

      an up-to-date magazine

   2. ( predicative )

      the magazine is up to date

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up to date Idioms  

1. see bring up to date.

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Other Word Forms

• up-to-dately adverb
• up-to-dateness noun

Etymology

Origin of up-to-date

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

"He agreed immediately that everything was going to be different after Covid. So that became the focus, can we do a version, a very up-to-date look at the American healthcare system?"

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Judges aren’t usually trained in the multiple disciplines lumped together under the term “climate science” and instead have to rely on neutral, accurate and up-to-date scientific reference material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

"By providing the most up-to-date global methane budget through 2023, this research clarifies why atmospheric methane rose so rapidly," said study lead author Philippe Ciais of the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Imagine a huge galactic computer, a repository, more or less up-to-date, of information on the nature and activities of all the civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, a great library of life in the Cosmos.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Related Words

• advanced
• contemporary
• modern
• state-of-the-art
• timely
• up-to-the-minute