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up-to-date

up-to-date {adj.}

Modem; contemporary; the latest that technology can offer.

"I want an up-to-date dictionary of American idioms," Mr. Lee said, "that has all the latest Americanisms in it."

Contrast: STATE-OF-THE-ART.

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state-of-the-art

[state-of-the-art] {adj. phr.} The best and - the latest any field of research can offer; modem; the latest; the most advanced. * /State-of-the-art personal computers may cost a little more […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

to date

[to date] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Up to the present time; until now. * /To date twenty students have been accepted into the school./ * /The police have not found […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[out of date] {adj. phr.} Old fashioned; superseded; no longer valid; too old to be used. * /Father's suit is out of date; he needs a new one./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

double-date

[double-date] {v.}, {informal} To go on a double date; date with another couple. * /John and Nancy and Mary and Bill double-date./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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