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UPDATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of bringing someone or something up to date

Example:

the local news station broadcast a special weather update

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("update" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Derivation:

update (modernize or bring up to date)

update (bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data)

update (bring up to date; supply with recent information)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Information or data that updates

Example:

I just heard the update on the unemployment figures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("update" is a kind of...):

info; information (a message received and understood)

Derivation:

update (modernize or bring up to date)

update (bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data)

update (bring up to date; supply with recent information)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Modernize or bring up to date

Example:

We updated the kitchen in the old house

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "update" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

update (the act of bringing someone or something up to date)

update (information or data that updates)

updating (the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data

Example:

we updated the database with the most recent figures

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "update" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Domain category:

computer technology (the activity of designing and constructing and programming computers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

update (the act of bringing someone or something up to date)

update (information or data that updates)

updating (the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bring up to date; supply with recent information

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "update" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

update (the act of bringing someone or something up to date)

update (information or data that updates)

updating (the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something))

Credits

 Context examples: 

This adaptive update mechanism appears to have evolved to allow new information available at the time of retrieval to be incorporated into the brain's original representation of the memory, explains Phelps.

(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)

NCIt is updated monthly to support precise coding of data based on the most recent developments in the cancer and biomedical research community.

(NCI Thesaurus, NCI Thesaurus)

The two previous updates include discoveries from 1999 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2013.

(Report unveils 381 new plant and animal species in Amazon, Agência Brasil)

Through the collective expertise of its member institutions, the NCCN develops, updates, and disseminates a complete library of clinical practice guidelines.

(National Comprehensive Cancer Network, NCI Thesaurus)

Earlier this week, an official government Twitter account made the following announcement: Latest update: 3,728 measles cases have been reported since the outbreak with 198 recorded in the last 24 hours.

(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)

A system of hardware, software, and geographic data designed to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze and display data that are linked to location.

(Geographic Information System, NCI Thesaurus)

It is updated monthly to provide a comprehensive up-to-date resource of published cancer research results.

(CancerLit, NCI Thesaurus)

The magnetic North Pole is currently shifting toward Siberia, forcing the Global Positioning System that underlies modern navigation to update its software sooner than expected.

(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)

To produce the new catalogue, they used taxonomic information that has been updated and verified by hundreds of specialists from all over the world, such as the data available on Flora de Brasil 2020.

(Inventory revises down Amazon tree species list, SciDev.Net)

If you are self-employed, you may invest in your business, such as developing an app, changing and updating your website, launching a podcast series, or introducing another product in the digital realm.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)