up to date

Meaning

This expression means having the most recent information, modern standards, or the newest technology. It is used to describe systems, software, knowledge, or people who are fully informed about a topic. The tone is neutral and highly common in both daily life and professional contexts.

Examples

• We need to keep our website up to date so customers get the right information.

  We need to keep our website up to date so customers get the right information.

• Is your computer's operating system up to date?

  Is your computer's operating system up to date?

• She read the news reports to stay up to date with the latest developments.

  She read the news reports to stay up to date with the latest developments.

• Please bring me up to date on what happened during the meeting.

  Please bring me up to date on what happened during the meeting.

• This map is not up to date; it doesn't show the new highway.

  This map is not up to date; it doesn't show the new highway.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need to stay up to date of the news.

  ✓ I need to stay up to date with the news.

  Learners often use the preposition 'of' by mistake. To describe being informed about a topic, you should use 'with' or 'on' after 'up to date'.

• ✗ Please make me up to date on the project.

  ✓ Please bring me up to date on the project.

  We do not use 'make' with this expression. To get the newest information, we use the verb collocation 'bring someone up to date' or 'keep someone up to date'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We need to buy a new guidebook because this one is not ___.

  💡 It means the guidebook has old, outdated information.

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  up to date

• Can you bring me ___ on the project status?

  💡 Three words meaning to give someone the latest updates.

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  up to date