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update

US /əpˈdeɪt/

verb, noun Core · B1 Công nghệ & kỹ thuật

Definition

modernize or bring up to date

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Please update your contact details in the employee database.

Word Family

NounNoun
update gốc updating
VerbVerb
update gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • refreshrefresh one's memory
  • revisethe act of rewriting something
  • modernizemake repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

Collocations

  • Easy daily weather update
    describing daily weather update (a newspaper that is published every day)
  • Medium status update meeting
    describing status update meeting (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
  • Hard update financial forecasting models quarterly
    to update financial forecasting models quarterly, meaning to modernize or bring up to date
  • Very Hard an overdue ideological update to obsolete dogmas
    referring to an overdue ideological update to obsolete dogmas

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.

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