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update

1 verb
     
up‧date1 [transitive]
1 to add the most recent information to something:
The files need updating.
2 to make something more modern in the way it looks or operates:
plans to update manufacturing procedures
3 spoken to tell someone the most recent information about a situation
update somebody on something
Can you update me on what's been happening?
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