UPDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does update mean? 

• UPDATE (noun)
  The noun UPDATE has 2 senses:

1. information or data that updates

2. the act of bringing someone or something up to date

  Familiarity information: UPDATE used as a noun is rare.

• UPDATE (verb)
  The verb UPDATE has 3 senses:

1. modernize or bring up to date

2. bring up to date; supply with recent information

3. bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data

  Familiarity information: UPDATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPDATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Information or data that updates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

I just heard the update on the unemployment figures

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of bringing someone or something up to date

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the local news station broadcast a special weather update

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)

• UPDATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they update    ... he / she / it updates   
Past simple: updated   
Past participle: updated   
-ing form: updating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Modernize or bring up to date

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

We updated the kitchen in the old house

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 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))

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

we updated the database with the most recent figures

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))

 Context examples 

The scientists’ updated model revealed something else about how energy moves in the solar atmosphere.

(Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules, NASA)

The date (and time) on which the adverse event was updated after it had been submitted.

(Adverse Event Post Report Update Date, NCI Thesaurus)

Event in which data (charting, orders, results) is not correctly stored, transferred, updated, or displayed.

(Improper Data Manipulation Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

The head region of HA is constantly changing, which is why influenza vaccine strains must be updated each year.

(Flu infection study increases understanding of natural immunity, National Institutes of Health)

Among the improvements on the map are updates to the accuracy of feature locations, sharpening of feature details by removing some of the blurring effects of the camera, and improved color processing.

(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)

Incorrect transfer, storage, display or updating of data.

(Improper Data Manipulation Medical Device Problem, NCI Thesaurus)

Stability data submitted to an annual report or update to an approved application.

(Annual Report, Food and Drug Administration)

This system was created and is updated by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC).

(AJCC staging system, NCI Dictionary)

Google said Android operating systems would receive the updates in the software update scheduled to be made available on November 6.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

Keep emergency numbers available and update them as needed.

(Medical Device Safety, Food and Drug Administration)