1
: extending up to the present time : including the latest information
up-to-date maps
2
: abreast of the times : modern
up-to-date methods
up-to-dately adverb
up-to-dateness noun

Examples of up-to-date in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Adoption fee: $145, including microchip registration, spay/neuter and up-to-date vaccinations and a one-year license if his new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society’s Department of Animal Services. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024 For up-to-date public safety news, follow him on X @Norman_MillerMW or Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerCrime. Norman Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024 That will give them the space to continue to teach the most accurate, up-to-date version of U.S. History and prevent forces that fundamentally don’t understand the job of historians from shaping what American children learn about the past. TIME, 8 Apr. 2024 Now, against these headwinds – and against competition from other showcases and fonts of info made available and up-to-date all year long – MipTV must redefine itself. Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024 For up-to-date information on Windsor’s NFL draft party, go to the Tourism Windsor Essex NFL draft page. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024 Adoption fee: $150 each plus a $36 microchip fee; includes spay/neuter and up-to-date vaccinations. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024 For business leaders, the call is to establish the importance of up-to-date AI skills across the workforce and then create opportunities to help AI stakeholders acquire them. Beena Ammanath, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 While Marin County had relatively low vaccination rates in the early 2010s, the numbers have since gone up, with 97% of kindergartners up-to-date on their vaccines as of the 2021-2022 school year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of up-to-date was in 1887

Dictionary Entries Near up-to-date

Cite this Entry

“Up-to-date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-to-date. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

up-to-date

adjective
1
: coming up to the present time
up-to-date maps
2
: knowing, being, or making use of what is new or modern
up-to-date methods
up-to-dateness noun

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