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update

noun
/ˈʌp.deɪt/

Etymology

From up- + date. Earliest usages from 1940s (see Citations).

  1. derived from דֶּקֶל — “date palm”
  2. derived from دَقَل — “variety of date palm”
  3. derived from δάκτυλος — “finger”
  4. derived from datil
  5. derived from dactylus
  6. derived from date
  7. inherited from date
  8. prefixed as update — “up- + date”

Definitions

  1. An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.

    • I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.

  2. A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.

    • Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
    • I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
    • I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerrillas.

  3. A version of something which is newer than other versions.

    • You should try the update: it rocks.
    • The mid-season update for MW3 is here, introducing quite a bit of content across all three of CoD’s modes.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To bring (a thing) up to date.

      • I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.

    2. To bring (a person) up to date

      To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

      • Update me on what happened while I was away.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at update. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01update02modification03prescribing04prescribe05patient06wait07superseded08supersede09updated

A definitional loop anchored at update. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at update

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA