UPDATING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)

Example:

criminal records need regular updating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("updating" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Derivation:

update (modernize or bring up to date)

update (bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data)

update (bring up to date; supply with recent information)

-ing form of the verb update