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up-to-date

[ uhp-tuh-deyt ]
/ ˈʌp təˈdeɪt /
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adjective

(of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
in accordance with the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern.
extending to the present time; current; including the latest information or facts: an up-to-date report.

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RELATED WORDS

timely, modern, contemporary, state-of-the-art, up-to-the-minute, advanced, abreast, avant-garde, current, dashing, expedient, fashionable, fitting, happening, hot, modernistic, modish, new, newfangled, now

Nearby words

up-or-out, up-phase, up-sell, up-sum, up-tempo, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, up., upalong, upanishad, upanishads

Origin of up-to-date

First recorded in 1865–70

Related forms

up-to-date·ly, adverbup-to-date·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for up-to-date

up-to-date

adjective

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

Derived Forms

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