up-to-date

[uhp-tuh-deyt]

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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.

Origin of up-to-date

First recorded in 1865–70

Related formsup-to-date·ly, adverbup-to-date·ness, noun

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Related Words for up-to-date

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

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Contemporary Examples of up-to-date

Certainly I can imagine ways of giving this jungle hero some up-to-date progressive attitudes.
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Ted Gioia
November 23, 2014
At one point, he asked reporters in the room to provide him with up-to-date numbers on voting percentages.
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June 25, 2014
Which is why we need the most up-to-date science—and for government entities to refute “abortion-inducing” misnomers.
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March 22, 2014
Often reporting from Tahrir Square, Zeinobia is viewed as a reliable and up-to-date source for the latest news out of Cairo.
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January 31, 2013
I advised him that the American Petroleum Institute publishes the most up-to-date tax tables quarterly.
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September 26, 2012

Historical Examples of up-to-date

But I thought she was the most up-to-date yacht in the world!
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
"You will find this up-to-date in every respect," he was saying.
Frank Roscoe's Secret
Allen Chapman
Here, indeed, is an up-to-date hermit, not an antique troglodyte.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
"All you need is a little push and up-to-date methods, Cap'n," he said.
Cap'n Dan's Daughter
Joseph C. Lincoln
We're in Scarford now, and Scarford's a progressive, up-to-date place.
Cap'n Dan's Daughter
Joseph C. Lincoln

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 Formsup-to-dately, adverbup-to-dateness, noun

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Word Origin and History for up-to-date

adj.

1868, "right to the present time," from phrase up to date, probably originally from bookkeeping. Meaning "having the latest facts" is recorded from 1889; that of "having current styles and tastes" is from 1891.