up to date

adj, noun — 3 senses

up-to-date

adjalso spelled up-to-date

/ˌʌp tə ˈdeɪt/

1

Idiomatic, Before the noun Current; recent; the latest.

  • Use an up-to-date text for your source.
  • From 1860, the steamer service between Kingstown and Holyhead was operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, which never spared expense in providing up-to-date vessels, and in meeting a portion of the cost of improvements to Carlisle Pier.1960 May 23, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 303:
1 more example
  • Yet, in spite of this interest there has been little movement in the field of lexicography, so that Indian English has no up-to-date dictionaries to speak of, certainly nothing published in the twenty-first century.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:
2

Idiomatic Informed about the latest news or developments; abreast.

  • I like to stay up-to-date about current affairs.
Synonyms
à la mode, fashionable, apprised, abreast, informed, au fait, au courant
Antonyms
stale, dated
Related terms
update

up to date

noun
1

A sherry-based cocktail.

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