UPDATE


Meaning of UPDATE in English

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

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