updated
- 1Simple past and past participle of update.
The team updated the software to fix several bugs.
He had updated his résumé before sending the application.
Note
Update forms its past regularly, adding only -d, so the past tense and the past participle share one spelling. Both meanings of the verb take an object: you update a thing, such as a file or a résumé, or a person, such as a client or the board. The participle therefore makes a passive with either. Only context, never the form, shows whether data or people were brought up to date.
The database was updated overnight.
The staff were updated on the changes at the morning meeting.
updated is a form of update
update, verb: To bring something up to date by adding the most recent information or improvements. Full entry
- Spelling
- update → updated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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