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up-to-date

[uhp-tuh-deyt] Origin

up-to-date

[uhp-tuh-deyt]
adjective
1.
(of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
2.
in accordance with the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern.
3.
extending to the present time; current; including the latest information or facts: an up-to-date report.

Origin:
1865–70

up-to-date·ly, adverb
up-to-date·ness, noun
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up-to-date
 
adj
a.  modern, current, or fashionable: an up-to-date magazine
 b.  (predicative): the magazine is up to date
 
'up-to-'dately
 
adv
 
'up-to-'dateness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

up-to-date
1868, "right to the present time," from phrase up to date, probably originally from bookkeeping. Meaning "having the latest facts" is recorded from 1889; that of "having current styles and tastes" is from 1891.
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