# update
## English
### Etymology

From up- +‎ date. Earliest usages from 1940s (see Citations).

### Pronunciation

* (noun) enPR: ŭp'dāt, ŭp-dāt'; IPA: /ˈʌp.deɪt/, IPA: /ʌpˈdeɪt/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (verb) enPR: ŭp-dāt', IPA: /ʌpˈdeɪt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪt

### Noun

update (plural updates)
* An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
    He gave me an update on the situation in New York.
* A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
    I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerrillas.
* An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
    I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
* A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
    Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
    I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
* A version of something which is newer than other versions.
    You should try the update: it rocks.

#### Usage notes

* In a software context there is a distinction between an update and an upgrade: updates usually include important security patches or bug fixes; an upgrade implies substantial new features and often has to be bought separately (in case of commercial software).

#### Derived terms

* core update
* forced update

#### Translations
### Verb

update (third-person singular simple present updates, present participle updating, simple past and past participle updated)
* (transitive) To bring (a thing) up to date.
    I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
* (transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
    Update me on what happened while I was away.

#### Derived terms

* update one's priors

#### Descendants

* Danish: opdatere, opdatering
* French: updater

#### Translations
### Further reading

* update on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* tapued

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English update.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ap$^1$ dei$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ap$^1$ dei$^1$
*** Yale: āp dēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ap$^7$ dei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eb$^1$ déi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐp̚⁵ tei̯⁵⁵/

### Noun

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* update (Classifier: 個／个 c)

### Verb

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* to update

### Adjective

update (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* up-to-date

### See also

* up (ap1)

### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English update.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʏp.deːt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: up‧date

### Noun

update m (plural updates, diminutive updateje n)
* an update
    Synonym: bijwerking

#### Related terms

* updaten

## French
### Verb

update
* inflection of updater:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* députa

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English update.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈap.dɛjt/
* Rhymes: -apdɛjt
* Syllabification: up‧date

### Noun

update m inan (indeclinable)
* (computer science) update (action of making something up to date)
    Synonym: aktualizacja

#### Declension

or
Indeclinable.

#### Derived terms

* updatować impf

### Further reading

* update in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English update.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.piˈdej.t͡ʃi/ [a.piˈdeɪ̯.t͡ʃi], /apˈdejt͡ʃ/ [apˈdeɪ̯t͡ʃ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.piˈdej.t͡ʃi/ [a.piˈdeɪ̯.t͡ʃi], /apˈdejt͡ʃ/ [apˈdeɪ̯t͡ʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /apˈdejt͡ʃ/ [apˈdeɪ̯t͡ʃ], /a.piˈdej.t͡ʃi/ [a.piˈdeɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈpdɐjt/ [ɐˈpðɐjt]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈpdɐjt/ [ɐˈpðɐjt]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈpdejt/ [ɐˈpðejt]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈpdejt/ [ɐˈpðejt]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈpdet/ [ɐˈpðet]

### Noun

update m or f (plural updates)
* (colloquial) update
    Synonym: atualização

### References

* "Update" in Dicionário Informal