up to date

Questions about up to date

What does up to date mean?

up to date means "in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for up to date?

Close synonyms include up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it, up-to-date. 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.