update

Plural: updates

Noun

• news that updates your information
• An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
• A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
• An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
• A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
• A version of something which is newer than other versions.

Verb

Verb Forms: updated, updating, updates

• To bring something up to date or make it more current.
• modernize or bring up to date
  • "We updated the kitchen in the old house"
• bring up to date; supply with recent information
• bring to the latest state of technology
• To bring (a thing) up to date.
• To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

Examples

• He gave me an update on the situation in New York.
• I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
• I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
• I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerrillas.
• I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
• Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
• Regular players always UPDATE their word lists, learning new valid plays.
• Update me on what happened while I was away.
• You should try the update: it rocks.

Anagrams of update