up-to-date

or up to date

[ uhp-tuh-deyt ]

/ ˈʌp təˈdeɪt /

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adjective

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.

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.

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

adverb

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.

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.

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Origin of up-to-date

First recorded in 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM up-to-date

up-to-date·ness, noun

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How to use up-to-date in a sentence

“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
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Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
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The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
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Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.
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Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for up-to-date

up-to-date

adjective

modern, current, or fashionablean up-to-date magazine
(predicative)the magazine is up to date

Derived forms of up-to-date

up-to-dately, adverbup-to-dateness, noun

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up to date

see bring up to date.

up-to-date

or up to date

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