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up-to-date

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up-to-date

  [uhp-tuh-deyt]
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–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

Related forms:
up-to-dately, adverb
up-to-dateness, noun
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up-to-date   (ŭp'tə-dāt')
adj.  

  1. Informed of or reflecting the latest information or changes: an up-to-date timetable.

  2. Being in accord with the latest ideas, improvements, or styles: up-to-date technology; up-to-date fashions.

up'-to-date'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

up-to-date  (adj.)
1868, "right to the present time," from phrase up to date. Meaning "having the latest facts" is recorded from 1889; that of "having current styles and tastes" is from 1891.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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