update

1. 1.

   information or data that updates

   “do you have the latest software update?”

   “I just heard the update on the unemployment figures”

   Broaderinformation
2. 2.

   the act of bringing someone or something up to date

   “the server update ran overnight”

   “the local news station broadcast a special weather update”

   Broaderactivity

Other forms of update

plural

updates·

past tense

updated·

present participle

updating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about update

What does update mean?

update means "modernize or bring up to date". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in update?

update has 2 syllables: up-date. The stress falls on "date". In IPA it is /əpˈdeɪt/.

Is update a common word?

update is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with update?

14 words rhyme with update. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.