up-to-date

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See also: uptodate and up to date

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʌp tə ˈdeɪt/
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Adjective

up-to-date (comparative more up-to-date, superlative most up-to-date)

  1. (before the noun, idiomatic) Current; recent; the latest.
    Use an up-to-date text for your source.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:
      Yet, in spite of this interest there has been little movement in the field of lexicography, so that Indian English has no up-to-date dictionaries to speak of, certainly nothing published in the twenty-first century.
  2. (idiomatic) Informed about the latest news or developments; abreast.
    I like to stay up-to-date about current affairs.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English up-to-date.

Adjective

up-to-date (indeclinable, comparative mer up-to-date, superlative mest up-to-date)

  1. up-to-date
    Synonyms: à jour, oppdatert

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