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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1941|origins=en up date}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: verb: /ʌpˈdeɪt/; noun: /ˈʌp.deɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound [[af|en|up|date]], first American,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from the phrase up to date.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To bring information up to date: 1941 in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) 1944 in Etymonline^(Etymonline) and 1948 in the OED,^(OED 1989) which also has an isolated early British example from 1910.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of persons, “to supply with the most recent information”, it is from 1952,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and of equipment or processes, to modernize, from 1959.^(OED 1989) The noun, new information or an updated version, is from 1967 in Etymonline and the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and 1965 in Merriam-Webster.^(MWU 2024) In computing, the act of updating data is from 1968.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1910 – an isolated British use.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1941 – to bring up to date.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1952 – to inform a person.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1959 – to modernize equipment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1965 – noun.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1967 – new information.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring up to date with the latest information or changes.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To give a person the latest information.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

+ # To modernize equipment or software.^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Information that brings something up to date.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The act of updating, or an up-to-date version: ''a software update''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[updatable]]

+ * [[updater]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[up]]

+ * [[date]]

+ * [[outdated]]

+ * [[backdate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}