Update

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  update \up"date\ ([u^]p"d[=a]t` or [u^]p*d[=a]t"), v. t.
     1. To make corrections or to add new information to (a
        document) so as to include the most recent information;
        as, we update the sales database every night; the book was
        updated and sold as a new edition. Used often of
        computerized data bases and documents.


        [PJC]
  
     2. To inform (a person) of the most recent information
        concerning a topic; as, I updated the director on the
        status of the project.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  update \up"date\ ([u^]p"d[=a]t`), n.
     1. The event or process of updating (in either sense); the
        information provided in the process of updating; as, I
        gave the director the latest update on the project; the
        update took over an hour.
        [PJC]
  
     2. The document or database which results from a process of
        updating; and updated document or database; as, they
        distributed the update over the internet.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  update
       n : news that updates your information
       v 1: modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in
            the old house"
       2: bring up to date; supply with recent information
       3: bring to the latest state of technology

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "update":
     antedate, backdate, be dated, bear date, date, date at, date-stamp,
     dateline, datemark, make a date, modernize, postdate, predate,
     refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, renovate, restore, set the date,
     streamline