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*up-to-date

modern or contemporary. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Is the room up-to-date, or is it standard? Your knowledge is not really up-to-date on this matter.

at an early date

soon; some day soon. The note said, "Please call me at an early date." You are expected to return the form to the office at an early date.

See also: early

bring someone or something up-to-date

to modernize someone or something. We brought the room up-to-date with a little paint and some modern furniture. I can bring you up-to-date with a new hairdo.

See also: bring

bring someone up-to-date (on someone or something)

to inform someone of the latest information about something. Let me bring you up-to-date on what is happening in the village. Please bring me up-to-date.

See also: bring

date back (to someone or some time)

to have origins that extend back to the time of someone or something. This part of the palace dates back to Catherine the Great. This is old! It really must date back.

See also: back

date from something

to have an existence that extends from a particular time. This building dates from the beginning of the last century. These books date from the 1920s.

to date

up to the present time. How much have you accomplished to date? I've done everything I'm supposed to have done to date.

up-to-date

modern; up to the current standards of fashion; having the most current information. I'd like to see a more up-to-date report on Mr. Smith. This is not an up-to-date record of the construction project.

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a blind date

an arranged meeting for two people who have never met each other before, in order to try to start a romantic relationship I agreed to go on a blind date with one of Savita's ex-boyfriends.

See also: blind

a heavy date  (American & Australian humorous)

a planned meeting between two people who are very interested in having a romantic or sexual relationship I think Carol has a heavy date - she's been in the bathroom for over an hour.

See also: heavy

be past your sell-by date

if someone is past their sell-by date, they are not wanted or useful any more because they are too old

Usage notes: A sell-by date is a date put on food products to show the latest date that they can be sold.

There's plenty of time to have a baby, I'm not past my sell-by date yet.

See also: past

out-of-date 

1. old and therefore not useful or correct any more I do have a road map but I suspect it's out-of-date. He claimed the report was inaccurate and based on out-of-date information. Some of her ideas are hopelessly out-of-date.

2. if a document is out-of-date, it cannot be used any more because the period of time when it could be used has ended I found out my passport was out-of-date the day before I was due to travel. No one noticed that he was using an out-of-date permit.

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bring somebody up to date

to provide someone with the most recent information or developments Aides brought the governor up to date on the negotiations.

See also: bring, up

bring something up to date

to change something to include the latest information or developments He brought the book up to date by adding a new section on environmental policies.

See also: bring, up

drop-dead date

a time by which something must be done Glickman said the drop-dead date is December 31 - after that, no funds will be available.

keep somebody/something up to date

to provide the latest information to someone or for something Every week I have to keep the lists up to date by adding or deleting names. The company has a computer wizard on the staff who keeps us up to date on the latest in electronics.

See also: keep, up

to date

to this time I wrote to you two months ago, but to date I have not received a reply.