I.
noun
1 the most recent information
ADJECTIVE
▪ daily , monthly , weekly , etc.
▪ frequent , periodic , regular
▪ constant , continuous
▪ the latest , recent
▪
The 6 o'clock news provides the latest ~s.
▪ final
▪ quick , short
▪
Here's a quick ~ on the travel situation.
▪ live
▪
We'll have a live ~ on the storm's progress from the experts.
▪ email , online
▪ news , weather
▪ business , stock ( AmE ), trading ( BrE )
VERB + UPDATE
▪ give (sb) , offer , provide (sb with)
▪
The report gives an ~ on the currency crisis.
▪ issue
▪ do
▪ post , send
▪
Employees post ~s on their progress to a website.
▪ publish
▪ get , have , receive
▪
I get regular ~s by email.
▪ read , write
UPDATE + NOUN
▪ list
▪
I added your name to my ~ list.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
an ~ on the political crisis
▪ ~ to
▪
We need an ~ to the mailing list.
2 new improvements to a computer program
ADJECTIVE
▪ the latest
▪ regular
▪ automatic
▪
In Windows you can set up automatic ~s.
▪ antivirus , security
▪ critical
VERB + UPDATE
▪ download , install
▪
You have to download the ~ and save it to your hard drive.
▪ issue , release
▪
Google had to release an ~ for the toolbar.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ constantly , continually , continuously
▪ frequently , often
▪ on a regular basis , periodically , regularly
▪
The official site is ~d on a regular basis.
▪ annually , monthly , etc.
▪ recently
▪
They have just recently ~d their server software.
▪ fast , quickly
▪ fully
▪
The road map has been fully ~d.
▪ automatically
▪
The program automatically ~s your antivirus settings.
VERB + UPDATE
▪ try to
▪ need to
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
Could you ~ me on how the work is progressing?
▪ to
▪
Ensure that your site is ~d to the latest version of the software.
▪ with
▪
The files are continuously ~d with new information.
Update is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ blacklist , ↑ blog , ↑ browser , ↑ curriculum vitae , ↑ database , ↑ file , ↑ forecast , ↑ index , ↑ link , ↑ list , ↑ log , ↑ map , ↑ page , ↑ résumé , ↑ record , ↑ site , ↑ skill , ↑ software , ↑ wardrobe , ↑ website