update
verb (used with object)
to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections.
updated
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past participleof update.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof update.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
updateverb (used with object)to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections.
Example Sentences
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Michele Zack’s updated history of Altadena dwells on the past, peeks into the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
To make observations collected over different periods directly comparable, the scientists revisited older data using updated analytical methods.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The diagnostic criteria for MS was updated two years ago, with the aim of expediting diagnosis so treatment begins sooner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Yet Adura's updated environmental impact assessment, ordered by the Court of Session, says that emissions from Jackdaw would "not materially influence" global warming.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I don’t know. I should have updated you, though. I’m sorry.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
