English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “updates”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for updates is up-dates, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
up-dates
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result up-dates The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordupdates
Hyphenationup-dates
Break points1
Part of speechverb · noun
Meaning & usage

What does “updates” mean?

updates: make (something) more modern or up to date.

Headwordupdate
Part of speechverb · noun
1
verb

make (something) more modern or up to date.

Example: “security measures are continually updated and improved”

2
noun

an act of updating something or someone or an updated version of something.

Example: “an update on recently published crime figures”

Word breaks

How “updates” is split

up·dates

For US English, the hyphenation result is up-dates. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “updates”

How do you hyphenate “updates”?

In the US-English result used here, updates is hyphenated as up-dates.

Where can “updates” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “updates” mean?

make (something) more modern or up to date.

Can you use “updates” in a sentence?

“security measures are continually updated and improved”

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