up-to-date

Questions about up-to-date

What does up-to-date mean?

up-to-date means "reflecting the latest information or changes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in up-to-date?

up-to-date has 3 syllables and divides as up--to--date under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for up-to-date?

Close synonyms include up to date, up to date, cutting-edge, with-it. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is up-to-date a common word?

up-to-date is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.