TO UPDATE

Definition: UPDATE

UPDATE

Noun

1. News that updates your information.

Verb

1. Modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house".

2. Bring up to date; supply with recent information.

3. Bring to the latest state of technology; in computer technology.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Statistics

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Crosswords: TO UPDATE

An early example of Coast Survey Notice to Mariners. This newspaper clipping was pasted in: "The American Light-house Guide with Sailing Directions" by Robert Mills, 1845. The notice, dated August 16, 1848 was meant to update and correct information on Nantucket Shoals. Library Call Number VK1022.M65 1845. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

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Health

You may need to initiate discussions to update information if you feel that this has not happened naturally during the course of treatment and that the child is concerned but reluctant to raise questions. (references)

Ongoing work on these models is needed to update and improve the database used to produce and validate them. Furthermore, there is a need to validate, by use of empirical data, the assumption that transmission rates based on naturally occurring behaviors are equivalent to transmission rates based on behavioral changes in response to prevention efforts. (references)

Business

The new Medicine Act will need to update the current legislation relating to medicinal packaging. (references)

Private universities in Mexico are trying to update their equipment to offer the best possible education. (references)

Now, most of them have computing laboratories and offer specialized courses to update teachers and students. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

Legislation to update the Patents and Designs Act and the Trademarks Act is pending final vetting by the BDG Ministry of Law. (references)

Uae

US companies with reverse osmosis technology should make an effort to update UAE officials on technological developments made to overcome those problems. (references)

Jamaica

As a signatory to the WTO Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property ("TRIPs") Agreement, Jamaica is taking steps to update its laws in conformity with its obligations. (references)

Human Rights

Dominica

In 1998 a consultant from the United Kingdom conducted a 3-month study to update antiquated police regulations and to establish new operational guidelines for the police. (references)

Bahamas

Despite these measures to improve efficiency, complaints persist of excessive pretrial detention, outdated record keeping, delayed justice for victims, and a failure to update new laws in the books. (references)

Indigenous People

Guyana

In 1998 the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs admitted that the Amerindian Act was antiquated and expressed a commitment to update it, although it has taken no action to do so. The Government has long maintained that it is committed to demarcating lands that traditionally have been the home of Amerindians. (references)

Political Economy

MOROCCO

Under Youssoufi's government, important steps have been taken to make the public tender process more transparent, to update Morocco's intellectual property rights legislation, to develop a specialized commercial court system, and to liberalize the telecommunications market. (references)

Trade

Mexico

The current trend in Mexico is to update and develop new NOMs using and quoting existing NMXs. This practice is consistent with the WTO agreements on standard related measures. (references)

Women

Chad

In 1999 the Government held meetings with representatives of religious groups and civil society to update the Family Code; however, no action was taken to amend the Family Code by year's end. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

The Government has failed to act on various ILO recommendations since 1991 to update its program on inspection and accident reporting. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

更新 (up-to-date). (various references)

Danish

opdatere (to bring up to date, to currently adjust, update). (various references)

Dutch

bijwerken tot op heden (to bring up to date), bijwerken (retouch). (various references)

Finnish

päivittää (to bring up to date, update, updated). (various references)

French

mettre � jour (to bring up to date), faire évoluer (to bring up to date). (various references)

German

auf den neuesten Stand bringen (update), aktualisieren (make topical, update). (various references)

Greek 

ενημερώνω (bring up to date, familiarize, inform). (various references)

Hungarian

modernizál (modernize, to bring up to date, to streamline, update), korszerűvé tesz, korszerűsít (to modernize, to streamline). (various references)

Italian

aggiornare (adjourn, bring up to date, keep oneself up-to-date, update). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Portuguese

actualizar (to bring up to date). (various references)

Spanish

actualización (actualization, update, updating). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: outdate.

-2 letters: autoed, outate, outeat, patted, potted, pouted, putted, tauted, teapot, touted, update.

-3 letters: adept, adopt, datto, depot, opted, outed, pated, petto, putto, taped, taupe, toped, toted.

-4 letters: aped, apod, atop, auto, date, dato, daut, doat, dopa, dope, dote, duet, dupe, odea, oped, pate, peat, poet, pout, putt, tape, tate, taut, teat, tepa, toad.

+2 letters: deputation, outpainted, postulated.

+3 letters: deputations.

+4 letters: deputization, expostulated, outpopulated, postgraduate.

+5 letters: deputizations, postdebutante, postgraduates.