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

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

UPS said that will give customers a more up-to-date, accurate picture of where packages are, though it does not include real-time location tracking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

"Because he hasn't been here for a little while we sent some up-to-date images and a little video of the galleries and he selected 12 objects which he wanted to talk about."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

"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

I arrived early, enough time for perennially strong appendiceal cancer survivor Lida to bring me up-to-date on everyone as I ate a grocery-store chocolate chip cookie while leaning against the dessert table.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Related Words

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